Section 3B:14-61.15 - Fiduciary and designated recipient duty and authoritya. The legal duties imposed on a fiduciary charged with managing tangible property apply to the management of digital assets, including:(2) the duty of loyalty; and(3) the duty of confidentiality.b. A fiduciary's or designated recipient's authority with respect to a digital asset of a user:(1) except as otherwise provided in section 4 of this act, is subject to the applicable terms of service;(2) is subject to other applicable law, including copyright law;(3) in the case of a fiduciary, is limited by the scope of the fiduciary's duties; and(4) may not be used to impersonate the user.c. A fiduciary with authority over the property of a decedent, incapacitated person, principal, or settlor has the right to access any digital asset in which the decedent, incapacitated person, principal, or settlor had a right or interest and that is not held by a custodian or subject to a terms-of-service agreement.d. A fiduciary acting within the scope of the fiduciary's duties is an authorized user of the property of the decedent, incapacitated person, principal, or settlor for the purpose of applicable computer-fraud and unauthorized-computer-access laws, including but not limited to the provisions of P.L. 1984, c.184 (C.2C:20-23 et seq.) and N.J.S. 2C:20-2.e. A fiduciary with authority over the tangible, personal property of a decedent, incapacitated person, principal, or settlor: (1) has the right to access the property and any digital asset stored in it; and(2) is an authorized user for the purpose of computer-fraud and unauthorized-computer-access laws, including but not limited to the provisions of P.L. 1984, c.184 (C.2C:20-23 et seq.) and N.J.S. 2C:20-2.f. A custodian may disclose information in an account to a fiduciary of the user when the information is required to terminate an account used to access digital assets licensed to the user.g. A fiduciary of a user may request a custodian to terminate the user's account. A request for termination must be in writing, in either physical or electronic form, and accompanied by: (1) if the user is deceased, a copy of the death certificate of the user;(2) a copy of the letters testamentary or letters of administration, court order, power of attorney, or trust giving the fiduciary authority over the account; and(3) if requested by the custodian: (a) a number, username, address, or other unique subscriber or account identifier assigned by the custodian to identify the user's account;(b) evidence linking the account to the user; or(c) a finding by the court that the user had a specific account with the custodian, identifiable by the information specified in subparagraph (a) of this paragraph.Added by L. 2017, c. 237,s. 15, eff. 12/12/2017.