§ 59E-22 Technical Requirements – Approved Electronic Tablet.
RCNY § 59
No Electronic Tablet or Interior Advertising Software will be approved by the Commission pursuant to this subchapter unless it complies with the all the requirements set forth in this section.
(a)Driver, Vehicle, and Software Authentication.
(1)Upon boot-up, the Electronic Tablet must automatically check for and install any Software Updates prior to allowing the Driver to engage the Electronic Tablet.
(2)Unless assigned to a specific Driver, the Electronic Tablet must only allow the Driver to engage the Electronic Tablet and Approved Software upon log-in using either biometrics or username and password, validated against a system-initiated search of Valid TLC Licenses.
(3)If any required functionality or hardware is disconnected or inoperable, the Interior Advertising Provider must notify the Driver that the Electronic Tablet needs to be serviced and must not allow any Driver to engage the Electronic Tablet until the Electronic Tablet is repaired to full functionality or replaced.
(4)The Electronic Tablet must automatically log a Driver out of the Electronic Tablet if another Driver logs into the Electronic Tablet.
(5)The Electronic Tablet must prevent a Driver from logging into more than one Electronic Tablet at the same time.
(b)Driver Functionality and Interaction.
(c)Passenger Functionality and Interaction.
(i)If an Interior Advertising System is integrated with a High Volume For-Hire Service (i.e. Passenger information is shared), the 15% advertising airtime must be calculated and played/broadcasted based upon each new dispatched trip.
(ii)If an Interior Advertising System is not integrated with a High Volume For-Hire Service (i.e. Passenger information is not shared), the 15% advertising airtime must be calculated and played/broadcasted on an hourly basis.
(d)Interior Advertising System interoperability. The Interior Advertising System must be able to receive any Commission mandated change to the Approved Tablet and/or Approved Software via wireless communication initiated by the Interior Advertising Provider.
(e)Advertisements and other passenger-facing content other than TLC-provided content. All Approved Tablets must conform to the following specifications: (1) All Passenger-facing content must comply with TV-Y through TV-G ratings in accordance with the standards established by the TV Parental Guidelines rating system from 8 a.m. - 8 p.m. daily or a similar rating in industries where such rating exist, e.g. the Entertainment Software Rating Board's rating system for video games.
(f)Security. All features of the Interior Advertising System required by this section, including the collection, transmission and maintenance of data by the Interior Advertising Provider, must comply and remain in compliance with the latest version of National Institute of Standards and Technology Special Publication 800-53 and the information security and use of identifying information policy the Interior Advertising Provider has on file with the TLC pursuant to subdivision (b) of 35 RCNY § 59E-05.
(g)Data Retention. All data required to be collected, transmitted and maintained pursuant to this section must be maintained for at least three (3) years.
(h)Inspection by TLC. The Interior Advertising Provider must enable the Commission to inspect all components, including Hardware and mounting of the Interior Advertising System.
