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Online privacy law could be changed forever by this NJ court decision

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New Jersey’s privacy law is the only US one that guarantees people a payout when requests to keep information private are ignored. Will it survive judicial review?

You know that it is pretty likely your name and address can be found on the internet through a number of website services. And it can be really difficult to get those details removed.

But this could change. A multibillion-dollar privacy lawsuit in New Jersey’s Supreme Court has the potential