New Jersey § 56:8-196

§ 56:8-196.

As used in this act: “ Computer ” means an electronic, magnetic, optical, electrochemical or other high speed data

processing device or another similar device capable of executing a computer program,

including arithmetic, logic, memory, data storage or input-output operations and includes

any computer equipment connected to such a device, computer system, or computer network. “ Computer equipment ” means any equipment or device, including all input, output, processing, storage,

software, or communications facilities, intended to interface with a computer. “ Computer network ” means the interconnection of communication lines, including microwave or other means

of electronic communication, with a computer through remote terminals, or a complex

consisting of two or more interconnected computers. “ Computer program ” means a series of instructions or statements executable on a computer, which directs

the computer system in a manner to produce a desired result. “ Computer software ” means a set of computer programs, data, procedures, and associated documentation

concerning the operation of a computer system. “ Computer system ” means a set of interconnected computer equipment intended to operate as a cohesive

system. “ Computerized record ” means any record, recorded or preserved on any computer, computer equipment, computer

network, computer program, computer software, or computer system. “ End user computer system ” means any computer system that is designed to allow end users to access computerized

information, computer software, computer programs, or computer networks. End user computer system includes, but is not limited to, desktop computers, laptop

computers, tablets or other mobile devices, or removable media. “ Health benefits plan ” means a benefits plan which pays or provides hospital and medical expense benefits

for covered services, and is delivered or issued for delivery in this State by or

through a carrier. Health benefits plan includes, but is not limited to, Medicare supplement coverage

and risk contracts to the extent not otherwise prohibited by federal law. For the purposes of this act, health benefits plan shall not include the following

plans, policies, or contracts: accident only, credit, disability, long-term care,

TRICARE supplement coverage, coverage arising out of a workers' compensation or similar

law, automobile medical payment insurance, personal injury protection insurance issued

pursuant to P.L.1972, c. 70 ( C.39:6A-1 et seq. ), or hospital confinement indemnity coverage. “ Health insurance carrier ” means an insurance company, health service corporation, hospital service corporation,

medical service corporation, or health maintenance organization authorized to issue

health benefits plans in this State. “ Identifiable health information ” means individually identifiable health information as defined in 45 C.F.R. s.160.103 . “ Personal information ” means an individual's first name or first initial and last name linked with any

one or more of the following data elements: (1) Social Security number; (2) driver's

license number or State identification card number; (3) address; or (4) identifiable

health information. Dissociated data that, if linked, would constitute personal information is personal

information if the means to link the dissociated data were accessed in connection

with access to the dissociated data. “ Public network ” means a network to which anyone, including the general public, has access and through

which a person can connect to other networks or the Internet. “ Record ” means any material, regardless of the physical form, on which information is recorded

or preserved by any means, including written or spoken words, graphically depicted,

printed, or electromagnetically transmitted. Record does not include publicly available directories containing information an

individual has voluntarily consented to have publicly disseminated or listed.