Daniel's Law demand letter (NJ covered persons)

When to use this template

Use this letter when you're covered under Daniel's Law and a broker is still publishing your home address or unpublished phone number. The letter starts the ten-business-day clock that the statute requires. Once the clock expires without compliance, you have a civil claim worth $1,000 per violation in NJ Superior Court.

This is a separate paper trail from the standard opt-out request letter. The opt-out letter is a courtesy demand under generic privacy law. The Daniel's Law letter is a statutory notice that triggers a specific remedy. Send the Daniel's Law letter when you're covered and you want the right to sue if they ignore you.

If you're not sure whether your scan results show you on covered brokers, run a free scan first. If you're in active crisis right now, work the doxxed-right-now playbook in parallel with this letter — the playbook covers the immediate steps while the statutory clock runs.

Who's covered

Daniel's Law (NJSA §47:1B-1 et seq.) covers a specific list. Your status determines whether the letter has teeth:

• Active and retired sworn law enforcement officers in NJ
• Active and retired judges (state and federal sitting in NJ)
• Active and retired prosecutors and assistant prosecutors
• Spouses, domestic partners, parents, and minor children of any of the above
• Corrections, probation, and parole officers added in the 2023 expansion

If you're not on this list, send the generic opt-out letter instead. The Daniel's Law remedy only attaches to covered persons.

What's in the letter

The template fills in:

1. Your full legal name and your status as a covered person (sworn officer, judge, prosecutor, or qualifying family member).
2. The specific URL of the broker record showing your information — exact link, no ambiguity.
3. The protected information you're demanding be removed: home address, unpublished phone number, or both. Prior addresses if they appear in the listing.
4. A direct citation to NJSA §47:1B-1 et seq. and a statement that this notice triggers the ten-business-day compliance window.
5. A demand for written confirmation of removal sent to the contact email you provide.
6. Notice that non-compliance will result in a civil action for statutory damages of $1,000 per violation, plus reasonable attorneys' fees and costs.

The PDF includes signature and date lines.

How to send it

Two paths, both create a record:

• Email — fastest. Send to the broker's published privacy or Daniel's Law contact. Most national brokers now have a dedicated intake address because of the volume of NJ filings.
• Certified mail — slower but produces a delivery receipt the broker can't dispute. Mail to the broker's registered agent, pulled from their state-of-incorporation business records.

Save everything. Sent timestamps, delivery receipts, any reply, and a dated screenshot of the broker page still showing your info on day eleven if they don't comply.

What to expect

Honest expectations:

• Most national brokers respond inside the ten-day window with confirmation. Atlas Data Privacy Corp's mass filings since 2023 trained them to take Daniel's Law seriously.
• A handful still slow-walk requests or claim the listing was removed when it wasn't. That's where the civil action lives.
• If they ignore you, the next step is filing in NJ Superior Court. Statutory damages compound — $1,000 per violation, and a single broker re-publishing your info across multiple sites can rack up fast.

If a broker re-lists you within six months, that's a fresh violation. Document the re-listing and add it to the original claim.

Escalation if they don't comply

If the ten days pass without removal:

• Pull together your evidence — sent letter, delivery proof, dated screenshots showing your info still live.
• Either file pro se in NJ Superior Court or hand the package to a plaintiff's firm. Atlas Data Privacy Corp and a small number of NJ firms specialize in these cases.
• The broker's failure to honor a properly served Daniel's Law notice is itself the legal basis to sue. You don't need to prove harassment or harm — the statutory damages attach to the violation.

For broader context on how Daniel's Law fits with other state privacy regimes, see the laws library and the New Jersey state guide.

The letter

Copy this into your email client or word processor. Pick the right covered-person line, fill in the bracketed fields, and send. Keep dated copies of the sent message and any reply — and a dated screenshot of the live broker URL if the listing is still up after ten business days.

[YOUR FULL LEGAL NAME]
[YOUR CONTACT EMAIL]
[DATE]

To: Privacy / Data Removal Department
[BROKER COMPANY LEGAL NAME]
[BROKER PRIVACY EMAIL OR REGISTERED-AGENT MAILING ADDRESS]

Re: Statutory removal demand under N.J.S.A. §47:1B-1 et seq. (Daniel's
Law) — [URL OF BROKER LISTING]

I am a "covered person" within the meaning of N.J.S.A. §47:1B-1, as:

  [CHOOSE ONE — DELETE THE OTHERS]
  - an active sworn law enforcement officer in the State of New Jersey;
  - a retired sworn law enforcement officer formerly employed in NJ;
  - an active or retired judicial officer of the State of New Jersey
    (or a federal judge sitting in NJ);
  - an active or retired prosecutor or assistant prosecutor in NJ;
  - an active or retired corrections, probation, or parole officer
    in NJ;
  - a qualifying family member (spouse, domestic partner, parent, or
    minor child) of a covered person identified above.

Your website at the URL identified above publishes my "home address"
and/or "unpublished home telephone number" as those terms are defined
in N.J.S.A. §47:1B-1.

This letter is a written request for removal under N.J.S.A. §47:1B-2
and starts the ten (10) business day compliance period. Within ten
business days of receipt of this notice, you are required to:

  1. Remove my home address and any unpublished telephone number from
     the URL identified above.
  2. Remove the same protected information from any other listings on
     properties you operate, control, or syndicate to.
  3. Confirm removal in writing to the email address above.
  4. Cease redisclosure of the protected information.

Failure to comply within ten business days will result in a civil
action filed in the Superior Court of New Jersey for, at minimum,
liquidated damages of $1,000 per violation, actual damages, punitive
damages, reasonable attorneys' fees, and court costs, as authorized by
N.J.S.A. §47:1B-3.

Redisclosure of any protected information after compliant removal,
within the statute's prohibition window, will be treated as a separate
violation and added to any subsequent claim.

I am willing to provide identity verification through a reasonable
non-public channel if required. Do not request a copy of my driver's
license, badge, or other sensitive credential by email — propose an
alternate verification method consistent with reasonable
data-minimization practice.

Sincerely,



[SIGNATURE]
[PRINTED FULL LEGAL NAME]
[DATE]

If the ten business days lapse without compliance, the next step is documenting the violation (sent letter + delivery proof + dated screenshot of the live URL) and either filing pro se in NJ Superior Court or handing the package to a plaintiff's firm. For broader context on coverage and the statute itself, see the Daniel's Law guide and the New Jersey state guide. For the parallel takedown work that doesn't depend on the statutory clock, run the doxxed-right-now playbook.