SC Revises Law Enforcement, Judicial Privacy Laws
South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster (R) signed a bill (SB-126) Monday that clarifies and delays the state’s laws protecting the privacy of judges and law enforcement.
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“This bill clarifies the procedures for eligible individuals to notify individual state and local government agencies of the individual’s choice to restrict his personal information, clarifies responsibilities of affected agencies, and enumerates exceptions to an agency’s duty to restrict qualifying personal information,” said a March 4 fiscal note on SB-126. It also requires a request form and delays the effective date of the 2023 statute to Jan. 1 from July 1.
Unlike New Jersey’s Daniel’s Law, which protects the privacy of similar government officials and has created controversy for resulting in much litigation (see 2504040031), the South Carolina law lacks a private right of action and is limited to requests on websites maintained or operated “on behalf of the state or a local government agency."