Consumer Fraud Act LAW AND PUBLIC SAFETY
Revised 3/30/2022 Page 102
56:8-166.1 Person, business, association prohibited from publishing certain information on
the Internet
a. A person, business, or association shall not disclose on the Internet, or re-disclose or
otherwise make available, the home address or unpublished home telephone number of any
active, formerly active, or retired judicial officer, as defined by section 1 of P.L.1995, c.23
(C.47:1A-1.1), prosecutor, or law enforcement officer under circumstances in which a
reasonable person would believe that providing that information would expose another to
harassment or risk of harm to life or property.
b. A person, business, or association that violates subsection a. of this section shall be liable
to the aggrieved person or any other person residing at the home address of the aggrieved
person, who may bring a civil action in the Superior Court.
c. The court may award:
(1) actual damages, but not less than liquidated damages computed at the rate of $1,000
for each violation of this act;
(2) punitive damages upon proof of willful or reckless disregard of the law;
(3) reasonable attorney's fees and other litigation costs reasonably incurred; and
(4) any other preliminary and equitable relief as the court determines to be appropriate.
d. For the purposes of this section, "disclose" shall mean to solicit, sell, manufacture, give,
provide, lend, trade, mail, deliver, transfer, post, publish, distribute, circulate, disseminate,
present, exhibit, advertise or offer.
L.2019, c.226, s.3; amended 2020, c.125, s.6; 2021, c.24, s.5.
56:8-166.2 Request to remove certain information
a. (1) Any active, formerly active, or retired judicial officer, as defined by section 1 of
P.L.1995, c.23 (C.47:1A-1.1), or prosecutor, whose home address or unpublished telephone
number is disclosed on the Internet, or re-disclosed or otherwise made available, by any person,
business, or association, or whose immediate family member's name, home address, or
unpublished telephone number is disclosed on the Internet, or re-disclosed or otherwise made
available, by any person, business, or association, which in the case of a family member's name
or home address may be used, alone or in conjunction with any other information, to identify
the person as the family member of a judicial officer or prosecutor, may request that the person,
business, or association that disclosed, re-disclosed, or otherwise made available that
information refrain from that action and remove the information from the Internet or where
otherwise made available.
(2) Beginning 18 months after the enactment of P.L.2020, c.125 (C.56:8-166.2 et al.),
any law enforcement officer whose home address or unpublished home telephone number
is disclosed on the Internet, or re-disclosed or otherwise made available, by any person,
business, or association, or whose immediate family member's name, home address, or
unpublished telephone number is disclosed on the Internet, or re-disclosed or otherwise
made available, by any person, business, or association, which in the case of a family