New Jersey Data Privacy Act PL2026-c25-s2(c): Annual registration and fee for data brokers and data collectors

Each data broker (a person or entity, a controller included, that knowingly collects or purchases personal data of consumers with whom it has no direct relationship and sells or licenses it to a third party) and each data collector (a business that knowingly collects personal data of consumers with whom it has a direct relationship and sells or licenses it to a data broker) engaged in selling or licensing New Jersey consumers' personal data must register annually with the Division of Consumer Affairs and pay a fee scaled to the New Jersey consumers whose data it sells or licenses: $5,000 up to 100,000; $10,000 above 100,000 and below 500,000; $100,000 above 500,000 and below one million; $500,000 above one million and below 1.5 million; $750,000 above 1.5 million and below 2.5 million; $1,000,000 above 2.5 million and below 4.5 million; $1,500,000 above 4.5 million. Failure to register or pay attracts $2,500 per day plus the missed fees (section 4a). The Division's public registry (section 2b) was kept inoperative for 270 days after enactment, to 27 March 2027, and the Division said on 10 July 2026 that the registry would open in spring 2027. Section 2(e) to (g) exempts incidental activities (e-commerce platforms, directory assistance, professional or real estate information, safety alerts, regulated title services), enrolment-reporting nonprofits, and HIPAA, GLBA, insurance, FCRA, government, research, insurance-support and securities-association data or entities.