On July 21, New Jersey Governor Chris Christie signed a bill to restrict how retailers collect and use consumers' personal information stored on identity cards. The law will limit the purposes for which retailers may scan identification cards to verifying identity for credit card purchases or for other credit approval purposes, verifying age for age-restricted goods, carrying out contracts, preventing fraud, or as required by law. Retail stores may collect only a person's name, address, and date of birth; the state that issued the ID card; and the ID card number. The law goes into effect on October 1.

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