N.Y. General Business Law 915 – Global positioning systems
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§ 915. Global positioning systems. A peer-to-peer car sharing program administrator shall not use information from any global positioning system technology to determine or impose any costs, fees, charges, or penalties on a shared vehicle driver for such driver's use of a shared vehicle. The use of global positioning technology shall not limit the right of such peer-to-peer car sharing program administrator to impose costs, fees, charges, or penalties to recover a vehicle that is lost, misplaced, or stolen. The provisions of this subdivision shall not be construed to modify or supersede any other provision of law.
Terms Used In N.Y. General Business Law 915
- administrator: shall mean the corporation, partnership, firm, institution, sole proprietorship or other entity or person that is responsible for operating, facilitating or administering the means, digital or otherwise, by which a business platform facilitates a peer-to-peer car sharing program for financial consideration, but shall not include a person or entity engaged in the business of renting or leasing rental vehicles to be operated upon the public highways for carrying passengers or non-profit or charitable organizations that facilitate peer-to-peer car sharing in exchange for payment of a fee or for financial consideration. See N.Y. General Business Law 900
- Peer-to-peer car sharing: shall mean the authorized use of a shared vehicle by an individual other than the vehicle's owner through a peer-to-peer car sharing program. See N.Y. General Business Law 900
- program: means a program that facilitates the use or operation of a shared vehicle by a shared vehicle driver. See N.Y. General Business Law 900
- Shared vehicle: means a motor vehicle that is available for sharing through a peer-to-peer car sharing program that is both:
(a) used nonexclusively for peer-to-peer car sharing activity pursuant to a peer-to-peer car sharing program agreement; and
(b) not otherwise made available by the shared vehicle owner for use as a rental vehicle as defined in § 137-a of the vehicle and traffic law. See N.Y. General Business Law 900