[Adopted 12-18-2012 by L.L. No. 20-2013]
This Legislature hereby finds and determines that children and
young adults frequently engage in extracurricular activities offered
by schools and other organizations to develop skills, learn about
teamwork, and pride of accomplishment. This Legislature also finds
that the County of Suffolk contracts with a number of nonprofit organizations
which provide these important activities for many young County residents.
This Legislature further determines that some organizations that operate
youth activities sell or provide the names and addresses of their
participants to third parties. This Legislature finds that the sale
of a minor's personal information by a youth activity organization
is inappropriate, as the minors and their parents never agreed to
such disclosure. This Legislature determines that the County of Suffolk
should protect the privacy of children engaged in programs offered
by organizations that contract with the County. Therefore, the purpose
of this article is to prohibit agencies that contract with the County
to provide youth services from providing the personal information
of participating minors to any third party.
All County contracts with agencies providing services to minors
shall contain a provision prohibiting the agency from selling or providing
the identifying information of any minor participating in their programs
to third parties.
This article shall apply to all contracts entered into on or
after the effective date of this article.
