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New York Civil Rights Law section 52-c (electronic monitoring notice)

Law. Placed at New York. Read 30 Sep 2026; 3 provisions cited by the planner.

NY Civil Rights Law 52-c(2)(a)Give written notice on hiring, acknowledged by the employee

An employer that monitors or otherwise intercepts an employee's telephone conversations or transmissions, email or other electronic transmissions, or internet access or usage, by any electronic device or system (computer, telephone, wire, radio, electromagnetic, photoelectronic or photo-optical systems included), must give prior written notice on hiring to every employee subject to that monitoring. The notice may be in writing, an electronic record or another electronic form, and the employee must acknowledge it in writing or electronically.

What a reviewer asks to see: Signed or electronically acknowledged monitoring notice for each employee hired since 7 May 2022; Onboarding workflow showing the notice is issued before or at hire, with the acknowledgement stored in the personnel file; Inventory of phone, email and internet monitoring systems in use in New York locations
Where monitoring plans usually fall short: Notice issued but no acknowledgement captured; Employees hired before 7 May 2022 or transferred into New York never given the notice; Notice limited to email while call recording or web filtering also runs
Source: New York Civil Rights Law section 52-c (electronic monitoring notice), read 30 Sep 2026
NY Civil Rights Law 52-c(2)(a)Post the notice in a conspicuous place

The employer must also post the notice of electronic monitoring in a conspicuous place readily available for viewing by the employees who are subject to the monitoring.

What a reviewer asks to see: Photograph or site checklist showing the notice posted at each New York location; Intranet or HR portal page carrying the notice for remote employees, with evidence they can reach it
Where monitoring plans usually fall short: Poster at head office only, not at branch sites; Remote employees have no place where the notice is visible
Source: New York Civil Rights Law section 52-c (electronic monitoring notice), read 30 Sep 2026
NY Civil Rights Law 52-c(2)(b)Content: all communications and internet use may be monitored at any time by any means the law allows

For the written notice, the employee must be advised that any and all telephone conversations or transmissions, email or transmissions, and internet access or usage by the employee through any electronic device or system (computer, telephone, wire, radio, electromagnetic, photoelectronic or photo-optical systems included) may be subject to monitoring at any and all times and by any lawful means.

What a reviewer asks to see: Text of the notice showing the statement that telephone, email and internet use may be monitored at any time by any lawful means; Legal review sign-off comparing the notice wording to subdivision 2(b)
Where monitoring plans usually fall short: Notice describes only some channels or only business hours; Wording implies consent to unlawful interception rather than monitoring by lawful means
Source: New York Civil Rights Law section 52-c (electronic monitoring notice), read 30 Sep 2026

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