Law status
Verified comprehensive law
Yes - New Jersey Data Privacy Law (NJDPL)
- Official name / citation
- P.L. 2023, c. 266
- Status / effective date
- Identified as operative law by the Division of Consumer Affairs FAQ
- Principal enforcer
- New Jersey Attorney General / Division of Consumer Affairs
Direct attached-library attribution
0 cases · $0
These totals are assigned solely by the attachment’s state heading. Shared multistate totals are not allocated in full to every state.
The attached library does not enumerate participant-level allocations for every multistate matter; shared settlement totals are presented once at the national level and are not duplicated into state totals.
Official law sources
Other generally applicable PII law
Also: N.J.S.A. 56:8-161 and 56:8-163 (breach disclosure), P.L. 2019, c. 95 - https://pub.njleg.gov/bills/2018/PL19/95_.PDF
Public enforcement context
Tier 1
Blackbaud, Inc.
$49.5 million total; New Jersey share stated as $1,083,802 · October 5, 2023
New Jersey joined the 50-jurisdiction Blackbaud settlement over the 2020 ransomware breach.
Legal basis: State consumer protection laws, breach-notification laws and HIPAA
Mapped control outcomes
1 personal data inventory/data map; 2 sensitive-data discovery; 3 downstream copy tracking; 8 breach blast-radius analysis; 9 retention/minimization; 10 regulator audit evidence
Kestryl can evidence where regulated personal data actually resides across structured stores and unstructured attachments/images, produce audit rows and evidence packs showing when each location was discovered and reviewed, and apply structured-data remediation modes (mask, vault, strip) to reduce exposure. It does not alter source attachments or documents, and its output is technical evidence supporting controls, not proof of legal compliance.
Educational information, not legal advice. The supplied snapshot is dated August 25, 2026; confirm current law, applicability, exceptions, official status, and reporting decisions with qualified counsel and the relevant authority.