Bill > S2845

Introduced Session

This bill requires rental car companies to delete the personal information of a renter from the motor vehicle computer system upon processing the return of any rented vehicle. When deleting a renter's personal information from a vehicle, the rental car company is required to comply with data-clearing protocols in accordance with the Guidelines for Media Sanitization developed by the National Institute of Standards and Technology using techniques specified by the vehicle manufacturer to overwrite data or by using a menu option to reset the device to original factory settings. A rental car company that violates the provisions of this bill is subject to a civil penalty of $500 for a first offense, and $1,000 for any subsequent offense, to be collected and enforced by the Director of the Division of Consumer Affairs. Under the bill, a "rental car company" means any person engaged in the business of renting motor vehicles to the general public at retail, including renting vehicles on an hourly, daily, per trip, or other short-term basis.

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John McKeon (D)*,  Raj Mukherji (D)*, 

Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Commerce Committee (on 03/04/2024)

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