Statement of disagreement by data subject
Compiled text through May 15, 2022
Register checked through Jul 29, 2026
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Dates and status
- Compiling agency
- Executive Department
- Text status
- Source receipt
- Compiled text through
- May 15, 2022
- Register checked through
- July 29, 2026/Vol. XLVIII, Issue 30 (2026-07-29)
- Activity status
- No later Register activity identified in this check.
- Source snapshot
- Jun 6, 2026
[Statutory authority: Public Officers Law, § 96]
(a)If correction or amendment of a record or personal information is denied in whole or in part upon appeal, the determination rendered pursuant to the appeal shall inform the data subject of the right to:
(1)file with the office a statement of reasonable length setting forth the data subject's reasons for disagreement with the determination; or
(2)request that such a statement of disagreement be provided to any person or governmental unit to which the record has been or is disclosed pursuant to paragraph (d), (i) or (1) of subdivision 1 of section 96 of the Public Officers Law.
(b)Upon receipt of a statement of disagreement by a data subject, the office shall:
(1)clearly note any portions of the record that are disputed; and
(2)attach the data subject's statement as part of the record.
(c)When providing a data subject's statement of disagreement to a person or governmental unit in conjunction with a disclosure made pursuant to paragraph (d), (i) or (l) of subdivision 1 of section 96 of the Public Officers Law, the office may also include a concise statement of its reasons for not making the requested amendment or correction.