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.
This bill creates an Office of Information Privacy within New Jersey's Department of Community Affairs to manage requests for redacting home addresses from public records. It directly affects judicial officers, law enforcement officers, child protective investigators, prosecutors, and their immediate family members living in the same household. The key mechanism establishes a secure online portal where authorized individuals (like family members or designees) can request or revoke redaction of covered persons' home addresses, bypassing standard public disclosure requirements. The office will handle these requests, evaluate exceptions, and provide clear guidance on the redaction process. This change aims to enhance privacy protections for these public safety workers and their families by streamlining how their home addresses are handled in public records.
S 1469 expands "Daniel's Law" to protect municipal court administrators and their immediate families by prohibiting online disclosure of their home addresses and unpublished phone numbers. The bill makes it a crime (fourth degree for reckless, third degree for intentional violations) to post such personal information online if it risks harassment or harm. It applies to active, retired, or former court administrators and their household family members, while clarifying that news media isn't liable for previously published information. The law requires written notice to stop disclosures and exempts law enforcement or court-authorized access. This bill directly affects court administrators and their families in New Jersey, adding them to existing protections for judges, law enforcement, and child protective investigators.
This bill allows New Jersey government agencies to redact specific personal information from public records before releasing them. It requires redaction of social security numbers, driver license numbers, home addresses of judges/prosecutors/law enforcement officers, and other sensitive details like phone numbers, medical information, or financial data when disclosure could lead to identity theft, harassment, or criminal activity. The law modifies existing public records access rules to balance transparency with privacy protection, permitting redaction unless disclosure is needed for law enforcement, child support enforcement, or other specified exceptions. Agencies must redact this information prior to public release, ensuring citizens' privacy while maintaining access to government records.
S 203 requires that certain personal identifying information - such as names, addresses, and contact details - be redacted from vehicle accident reports before they are made public. This bill directly affects drivers, law enforcement agencies, and insurance companies, as they must now remove this information when releasing accident reports to the public. It amends New Jersey's Government Records Act (P.L.1995, c.23) and vehicle accident reporting statutes (P.L.2001, c.404) to mandate this redaction. The policy change ensures sensitive personal data is not publicly accessible, protecting individuals from potential privacy risks like identity theft. This is a concrete procedural update to how accident reports are handled in New Jersey.
S 2074 amends New Jersey's public records law to clarify what constitutes a "government record" and specify confidential information that cannot be disclosed. It defines key terms like "custodian" and "government record," while listing detailed exemptions - including personal data (SSNs, home addresses), trade secrets, attorney-client communications, security procedures, medical examiner photos, and certain sensitive records like sexual harassment complaints. The bill directly affects residents seeking government records by establishing clearer boundaries for public access under New Jersey's Open Public Records Act. It does not create new exemptions but refines existing ones to improve transparency and protect sensitive information. The bill was introduced in the Senate on January 13, 2026, and referred to the Judiciary Committee.
This bill expands New Jersey's "Daniel's Law" to protect victim support advocates and victim support care providers by prohibiting the online disclosure of their home addresses and unpublished phone numbers. It creates a process where authorized representatives (like family members or legal agents) can request removal of this personal information from the internet. Violating this prohibition could result in criminal charges, ranging from a fourth-degree crime for reckless disclosure to a third-degree crime for intentional violations. The law directly affects professionals working with crime victims who face safety risks from public exposure of their personal contact details.
