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(a) Applicant means an Applicant for an original or renewal Interior Advertising Provider License. (b) Electronic Media means any broadcasted content on Electronic Tablets.

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Effective: 3/6/2025

§ 59E-03 Definitions Specific to this Subchapter.

RCNY § 59

(a)Applicant means an Applicant for an original or renewal Interior Advertising Provider License.

(b)Electronic Media means any broadcasted content on Electronic Tablets.

(c)Gross Revenue means the revenue generated by the Interior Advertising Provider.

(d)Identifying Information means any information that can be used to identify or locate an individual, including but not limited to name, address, social security number, unmasked or non-truncated credit, debit, or prepaid card numbers, together with any other information that relates to an individual who has been so identified, and any other information that is otherwise subject to privacy or confidentiality laws and associated rules and regulations. The display or disclosure of only the last four digits of a credit, debit, or prepaid card number is not Personal Information. The name of a Driver and the Driver's Commission license number is not Identifying Information.

(e)Interior Advertising Provider means a business that has been licensed by the Commission and that owns, sells, leases, makes available for use, provides or supplies Approved Electronic Tablets and Software for Interior Advertising Systems in For-Hire Vehicles.

(f)Interior Advertising / Interior Advertising System is used interchangeably in this subchapter – and in this subchapter ONLY – and means any component of Hardware and/or Software used for interior advertising.

(g)License. When the term "License" is used by itself in this subchapter – and in this subchapter ONLY – it means an Interior Advertising Provider License.

(h)Licensee. When the term "Licensee" is used by itself, in this subchapter – and in this subchapter ONLY – it means an Interior Advertising Provider Licensee.

(i)Software / Approved Software is used interchangeably in this subchapter and means all application functions and content on Electronic Tablets / Hardware.

(j)Approved Tablet / Electronic Tablet / Approved Electronic Tablet / Hardware is used interchangeably in this subchapter – and in this subchapter ONLY – and means all Interior Advertising System hardware in For-Hire Vehicles.

(k)Update means all revisions, updates, patches, modifications, corrections, releases, versions, fixes and enhancements to Software or Hardware that is a component of the Interior Advertising System. (Added City Record 2/4/2025, eff. 3/6/2025)

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