New Jersey Redefines ‘Personal Data’ Under Proposed 2025 Privacy Law

• NJ proposes sweeping privacy update: “personal data” now includes IP, maiden names & more

• New Jersey privacy rules just leveled up—full name, phone, device IDs now protected

• Your data is safer in NJ: Proposed rules now cover nearly any info “reasonably linkable” to you

Keeping you safer in a technology-driven world in 2025, that's the purpose of New Jersey Redefining your ‘Personal Data’ under the proposed 2025 Privacy Law.

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What is 'Personal Data'?

Personal data refers to any information that relates to an identified or identifiable individual. In other words, if the data can be used either alone or when combined with other information to directly or indirectly identify a person, it qualifies as your personal data.

Examples of some direct personal identifiers, aka personal data, include:

• Full name

• Social Security number

• Email address (especially work + personal)

• Phone number

• Home address

• Driver’s license number

• Passport number

According to a recent Patch article, "The measures, presented by the New Jersey Division of Consumer Affairs earlier this month, are meant to better protect consumers, whether they are shopping or just browsing the news online, from their data being collected, shared and sold."

New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy said,  "Consumers in New Jersey deserve to know exactly when and how their information is used.” 

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According to Patch, other personal data includes:

• geographical details (for example, zip code, city, state or country)
• employment information
• username, email address, or any other account holder identifying information (including, but not limited to, identifying information related to social media accounts)
• mailing address
• race, ethnicity, sex, sexual orientation, or gender identity