Vermont And New Jersey Data Broker Laws Add To Expanding State Privac…

Vermont and New Jersey have enacted sweeping data broker legislation imposing registration requirements, disclosure obligations, tiered fees (up to $1.5m in New Jersey), and substantial penalties ($50k per record in New Jersey) on businesses collecting and selling consumer data without direct relationships. New Jersey has delayed registration until 2027 following business concerns. If you sell or broker data across state lines, you now face nine separate registration regimes, each with different definitions and fee structures—and New Jersey's $1.5m annual registration fee means the cost of compliance just became a fixed cost that kills margin on smaller datasets. You need to map which of your data flows qualify as 'brokering' under each state's definition before 2027, or face $50k-per-record penalties.