State notification register
Indiana data breach notification law: without unreasonable delay.
Indiana's breach-notification obligations are set by Ind. Code 24-4.9. 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
45 days
From discovery / determination
AG notification
Required
All qualifying breaches
Private action
No
Enforced exclusively by the Indiana Attorney General
Statute
IN
Ind. Code 24-4.9
Section IN.1
What the statute requires
Under Ind. Code 24-4.9, a business that owns or licenses computerized personal information of Indiana residents must notify affected individuals without unreasonable delay, no more than 45 days after discovery.
Attorney general or state-agency notification is all qualifying breaches. Where required, the timeline is: within the 45-day consumer notification window.
Section IN.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 Indiana residents: 45 days
- [2] Attorney general / state agency: all qualifying breaches
- [3] Consumer reporting agencies where the breach is large-scale
Section IN.3
Penalties and enforcement
Up to $150,000 per deceptive act, plus investigation costs.
Private right of action: No. Enforced exclusively by the Indiana Attorney General.
Primary source:Indiana statute Ind. Code 24-4.9; verified June 2026 against state statutory summaries and the underlying statute text.
Section IN.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 Indiana sits.
Indiana imposes a fixed 45-day deadline. The strictest states cut this to 30 days, so Indiana sits 15 days behind the tightest regimes.
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 Indiana 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:Indiana data breach notification statute (Ind. Code 24-4.9). 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.