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New Jersey Identity Theft Prevention Act Takes Effect January 1 (pdf).
New Jersey’s Identity Theft Prevention Act (ITPA), effective January 1, 2006, creates new responsibilities for employers regarding the handling and disposal of personal information received from employees and other individuals. Specifically, the ITPA (1) imposes a duty to destroy records that contain personal information and that are no longer to be retained, (2) imposes a duty to disclose unauthorized access to personal information to New Jersey police and to those individuals whose personal information may have been accessed, and (3) controls employers’ display and use
of Social Security numbers. Additionally, the ITPA provides an individual with the ability to implement a “security freeze,” thereby limiting third-party access to his or her consumer reports.
