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NJ’s New Data Broker Law & State Neural Data Privacy Trend

July 14, 2026 (1 min read)

NJ Enacts Law Regulating Data Brokers

New Jersey enacted legislation (AB 5328) last month regulating data brokers. Among other things, the new law requires data brokers and data collectors to annually register and pay a fee ranging from $5,000 and $1.5 million, depending on the number of consumers whose data they collect, sell or license. It also prohibits data brokers or data collectors from selling or licensing sensitive data. Connecticut enacted similar legislation (SB 4) in May. (LEXISNEXIS STATE NET)

Neural Data Privacy Continues to Draw State Lawmakers’ Attention

Four states — California, Colorado, Montana and Vermont — have passed laws providing privacy protections for neural data in the last two years. Delaware lawmakers have also passed a neural privacy bill (HB 380) that is awaiting action by Gov. Matt Meyer (D), and similar measures have been introduced in a half dozen other states, spurred by the use of artificial intelligence to analyze brain data, including that captured by consumer wearable devices that aren’t regulated like medical devices. (PLURIBUS NEWS, LEXISNEXIS STATE NET)

—Compiled by SNCJ Managing Editor KOREY CLARK

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