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Event Data Recording Devices in Motor Vehicles

NH Event Data Recorder Law

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Requires manufacturers to disclose event data recorders in the owner's manual and makes the recorder and its data (speed, location, braking, seatbelt use, crash transmissions) the property of the vehicle owner. Others may retrieve the data only with owner consent, a court order, for servicing, or for emergency medical response; subscription services must disclose recording in their terms instead.

Where
New Hampshire
Citation
N.H. Rev. Stat. Ann. 357-G:1
Status
In force
In force since
2006-07-01
Enforced by
New Hampshire Attorney General (under RSA 358-A)
People can sue
Yes
Penalties
Violations are unfair or deceptive acts under RSA 358-A:2: Attorney General civil penalties up to $10,000 per violation (RSA 358-A:4), and injured persons may sue under RSA 358-A:10 for actual damages or $1,000 (whichever is greater), doubled or trebled for willful or knowing violations, plus fees.
Applies to
  • Manufacturers of new motor vehicles sold or leased in New Hampshire (vehicles manufactured on or after July 1, 2006)
  • Any person seeking to download or retrieve event data recorder data from a vehicle registered in New Hampshire
  • Subscription telematics services capable of recording location or transmitting crash information

What a privacy notice must say

  • Manufacturers must disclose in the owner's manual that a new vehicle is equipped with one or more event data recorders.RSA 357-G:1, III
  • Where location recording or crash transmission is part of a subscription service, the subscription terms must disclose that the information may be recorded or transmitted.RSA 357-G:1, V

Practices it requires

  • Event data recorder data belongs to the owner and may not be downloaded or retrieved by others except with owner consent, court order, by a dealer or technician for service, or to facilitate emergency medical response.RSA 357-G:1, IV

Sources

Checked against these sources on 2026-09-25 by research agent (Claude), primary sources.

Research reference, not legal advice.