Oregon
From US data breach notification laws: After a data breach, how fast must a business tell people, and who else must it tell?
Law: 646A.604
The section that holds the state's general breach notification duty for businesses, as the source names it.
646a.604 notice of breach of security
Source: https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors646A.html. Read 2026-11-01. Read once.
Days to tell residents: 45 days
The outer limit in days for telling affected residents, as stated. Blank where no number is stated. States start the clock differently, at discovery or at determining a breach happened, and the quote shows which.
not later than 45 days after discovering or receiving notification of the breach of security
Source: https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors646A.html. Read 2026-11-01. Checked by a second reader.
How fast, in the law's words: in the most expeditious manner possible, without unreasonable delay
The law's own words for how quickly residents must be told, apart from any day count.
shall give notice of a breach of security in the most expeditious manner possible, without unreasonable delay
Source: https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors646A.html. Read 2026-11-01. Checked by a second reader.
Attorney general told: Yes
Yes if the source says the state attorney general or its equivalent must be told of a breach in at least some cases. Florida's Department of Legal Affairs and Oregon's Attorney General count.
the attorney general, either in writing or electronically, if the number of consumers
Source: https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors646A.html. Read 2026-11-01. Checked by a second reader.
Residents before the AG is told: 250 residents
The number of affected residents at which the attorney general must be told, as stated. Blank where no number is stated. The quote shows whether it means that many or more than that many.
this subsection exceeds 250
Source: https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors646A.html. Read 2026-11-01. Checked by a second reader.
Days to tell the AG: 45 days
The deadline in days for telling the attorney general, as stated. Blank where no number is stated. Clocks differ: some run from the breach, and others from telling residents, as the quote shows.
must also be provided to the oregon department of justice (doj), also within 45 days
Source: https://www.doj.state.or.us/consumer-protection/id-theft-data-breaches/data-breaches/. Read 2026-11-01. Checked by a second reader.
Encrypted data excepted: Yes
Yes if the text limits the duty to unencrypted data, or leaves encrypted data out. Stolen keys can undo this in several states.
if encryption, redaction or other methods have not rendered the data elements unusable
Source: https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors646A.html. Read 2026-11-01. Checked by a second reader.
Low-harm exception: Yes
Yes if the text lets a business skip notice after finding that harm or misuse is unlikely, or only counts breaches that create a real risk.
does not need to notify consumers of a breach of security if, after an appropriate investigation or after consultation with relevant federal, state or local law enforcement agencies, the covered entity reasonably determines that the consumers whose personal information was subject to the breach of security are unlikely to suffer harm
Source: https://www.oregonlegislature.gov/bills_laws/ors/ors646A.html. Read 2026-11-01. Checked by a second reader.