This bill prohibits all New Jersey state employees, agencies, and state contractors from downloading or using the TikTok app or visiting its website on any state-issued or state-leased electronic device (including phones, computers, and tablets). It directly affects state workers and contractors who use government-provided technology, with exceptions for law enforcement using TikTok during investigations under guidelines set by the Attorney General. The bill aims to address security concerns raised by the FBI regarding TikTok's data collection practices and potential access by Chinese entities under Chinese law. The prohibition takes immediate effect upon enactment.
This bill creates a new Office of Information Privacy within New Jersey's Department of Community Affairs to manage home address privacy for specific public officials. It exempts the home addresses of judicial officers, law enforcement officers, child protective investigators, prosecutors, and their immediate family members from standard public record redaction rules. The office will operate a secure portal allowing authorized representatives (like family members or legal guardians) to request or revoke address privacy, with clear processes for handling these requests and exceptions. This changes how home addresses appear in public records for these covered groups, balancing privacy needs with access for election officials, legal challenges, and other specified circumstances. The bill is currently in the introduction stage (2026-01-13).
This bill establishes the New Jersey Artificial Intelligence Advisory Council to study how state agencies use artificial intelligence and provide recommendations for ethical, safe implementation. The council, composed of the state's Chief Technology Officer, two legislative members (appointed by chamber leaders with party balance), and two public AI experts (appointed by the Governor), will assess AI's benefits and risks, develop guidelines to prevent biased decision-making and protect data privacy, and recommend best practices for state agencies. The council must submit a final report to the Governor and Legislature within one year of its first meeting and then dissolve. This directly affects state agencies that will use the council's guidance for AI procurement and implementation.
This bill expands "Daniel's Law" to protect the personal information of municipal court administrators and deputy court administrators, alongside existing protections for judges, law enforcement officers, child protective investigators, and prosecutors. It prohibits posting or sharing home addresses or unpublished phone numbers online - except for authorized purposes - by requiring a 10-day notice to stop disclosure and imposing penalties for violations (up to a third-degree crime for intentional sharing). The law specifically covers these officials' immediate family members living in the same household. News media is exempt from liability for previously published information, and the law clarifies that existing protections for information received under prior legislation remain in effect.
This bill requires businesses that collect or handle personal information of New Jersey residents (such as Social Security numbers, driver's license details, or financial account data) to create and maintain written information security programs. These programs must include risk assessments, employee training, secure data storage policies, and oversight of third-party service providers. Businesses must implement administrative, technical, and physical safeguards tailored to their size, resources, and the data they handle. The law aims to prevent security breaches that could lead to identity theft or fraud for New Jersey residents.
This bill amends New Jersey's data breach law to require businesses and public entities to disclose security breaches involving geolocation data. It adds "geolocation" (the location of an individual determined by electronic devices like phones or tablets) to the legal definition of "personal information," which already includes Social Security numbers and financial account details. Under the change, if a breach compromises geolocation data, the entity must notify affected consumers, just as they currently must for other personal information breaches. This expands existing disclosure requirements to cover location data collected by apps, services, or devices.
This bill, the New Jersey Disclosure and Accountability Transparency Act (NJ DaTA), creates new rules for how businesses handle personal data in New Jersey. It requires businesses (called "controllers") to get clear, active permission ("affirmative opt-in") from New Jersey residents before collecting or processing their personal information, and gives residents the right to access, correct, or delete their data. The bill also establishes a new Office of Data Protection within the Division of Consumer Affairs to enforce these rules and ensure businesses comply. It directly affects businesses that collect personal data from New Jersey residents, including online services, apps, and other entities handling consumer information.
Bill A3276 prohibits New Jersey's Motor Vehicle Commission and other state agencies from sharing New Jersey drivers' personal information (such as name, address, license number, or photo) with other states. It specifically blocks disclosure for out-of-state enforcement of speed camera or red light camera violations captured in those states. The bill defines "personal information" broadly and applies to violations recorded by automated systems like speed control devices or traffic signal monitoring systems. This directly affects New Jersey drivers who might otherwise face fines from other states using camera enforcement, without their personal data being shared. The bill takes effect immediately upon enactment.
This bill expands New Jersey's definition of "personal data" to explicitly include a person's use of reproductive health care services. It directly affects residents seeking reproductive health care and entities handling their health data, such as providers and pharmacies. The key provision prohibits collecting prescription drug information related to reproductive health services in Prescription Monitoring Programs (PMPs), preventing this sensitive data from being shared with state drug monitoring systems. This change strengthens privacy protections by ensuring such health data cannot be used for purposes unrelated to patient care.
New Jersey Assembly Bill 4015, the "New Jersey Kids Code Act," requires major online services (like social media and games) that minors are likely to use to set default privacy settings to the highest protection level for children. It prohibits these services from showing targeted ads to minors, using manipulative design tricks to change privacy settings, collecting certain personal data without clear consent, or promoting restricted products to children. The bill also mandates annual public reports detailing how these platforms protect minors’ privacy, their data practices, safety tools for parents, and how much time children spend on their services. This law directly affects large online platforms operating in New Jersey, not small websites or services not used by minors.
