State notification register
Alaska data breach notification law: in the most expedient time possible and without unreasonable delay.
Alaska's breach-notification obligations are set by Alaska Stat. 45.48.010 et seq. (Personal Information Protection Act). This page summarises the deadline to notify affected residents, the attorney general notification threshold, whether a private right of action exists, and the penalties for late or missing notification. Every provision is cited to its source statute and was verified in June 2026.
Individual deadline
No fixed day
Without unreasonable delay
AG notification
Not required
Only when invoking the no-likelihood-of-harm exception (written notice to the AG)
Private action
Limited
Actual economic damages only, capped at $500 per person
Statute
AK
Alaska Stat. 45.48.010 et seq.
Section AK.1
What the statute requires
Under Alaska Stat. 45.48.010 et seq., the Personal Information Protection Act, a business that owns or licenses computerized personal information of Alaska residents must notify affected individuals in the most expedient time possible and without unreasonable delay.
Attorney general notification: only when invoking the no-likelihood-of-harm exception (written notice to the ag).
Section AK.2
What triggers notification
Like most US state statutes, notification is triggered by the unauthorized acquisition of unencrypted, unredacted computerized personal information that compromises its security, confidentiality, or integrity. Two concepts recur across the states and apply here.
Encryption safe harbor
Personal information that was encrypted, and where the encryption key was not also acquired, generally does not trigger notification. A stolen device with full-disk encryption is typically a non-event; an unencrypted record, or an encrypted record where the key was exposed alongside it, is a reportable breach.
Who must be notified
- [1] Affected Alaska residents: without unreasonable delay
- [2] Attorney general / state agency: only when invoking the no-likelihood-of-harm exception (written notice to the ag)
- [3] Consumer reporting agencies where the breach is large-scale
Section AK.3
Penalties and enforcement
Up to $500 per unnotified resident, capped at $50,000; treated as an unfair or deceptive practice.
Private right of action: Limited. Actual economic damages only, capped at $500 per person.
Primary source:Alaska statute Alaska Stat. 45.48.010 et seq. (Personal Information Protection Act); verified June 2026 against state statutory summaries and the underlying statute text.
Section AK.4
How this compares to the strictest states
The strictest US deadlines are 30 days (California, Florida, Washington, Colorado, Maine, New York, New Jersey). The majority of states use a qualitative "without unreasonable delay" standard with no fixed day cap. Here is where Alaska sits.
Alaska does not set a numeric deadline. It uses a "without unreasonable delay" standard, which regulators interpret as days to weeks, not months. Organizations operating across multiple states should default to the strictest applicable clock, which can be as short as 30 days in states such as California, Colorado, Florida.
Cross-references
Index / All 50 states + DC
→The full register: deadline and AG threshold for every state.
Schedule 09 / Notification laws
→Global frameworks and the cost of notification.
01 / Breach cost calculator
→Estimate your Alaska breach exposure, including notification cost.
Regulation / GDPR
→The 72-hour clock and 4%-of-revenue fine framework.
Cost / Notification
→Why notification is roughly 6% of total breach cost.
Schedule F / Reference Q&A
Frequently Asked Questions
Primary source:Alaska data breach notification statute (Alaska Stat. 45.48.010 et seq.). Provisions verified June 2026 against state statutory summaries (Recording Law US data-privacy series, 2026 edition), the IAPP US State Data Breach Notification Chart, Foley & Lardner's chart, and the underlying statute text.