NJ Supreme Court Rules For Internet Privacy

In a Slashdot posting on Tuesday, it is mentioned that the New Jersey Supreme Court has ruled that ISPs cannot release customer information without a warrant. The ruling trumps the decisions of the US Supreme court which hold that there is no privacy on the internet.

Chief Justice Stuart Rabner said in writing for the court:

"We now hold that citizens have a reasonable expectation of privacy protected by Article I ... of the New Jersey Constitution, in the subscriber information they provide to Internet service providers -- just as New Jersey citizens have a privacy interest in their bank records stored by banks and telephone billing records kept by phone companies."

Read the full story at The Star-Ledger.