State notification register
Oklahoma data breach notification law: without unreasonable delay.
Oklahoma's breach-notification obligations are set by Okla. Stat. tit. 24, 161 et seq. (amended by SB 626 (effective 1 January 2026)). 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
500
500 or more Oklahoma residents
Private action
No
No PROA
Statute
OK
Okla. Stat. tit. 24, 161 et seq.
Section OK.1
What the statute requires
Under Okla. Stat. tit. 24, 161 et seq., the amended by SB 626 (effective 1 January 2026), a business that owns or licenses computerized personal information of Oklahoma residents must notify affected individuals without unreasonable delay.
Attorney general or state-agency notification is 500 or more oklahoma residents. Where required, the timeline is: no later than 60 days after providing notice to residents.
Recent change: SB 626 added the 500-resident AG threshold and 60-day AG deadline, effective January 2026.
Section OK.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 Oklahoma residents: without unreasonable delay
- [2] Attorney general / state agency: 500 or more oklahoma residents
- [3] Consumer reporting agencies where the breach is large-scale
Section OK.3
Penalties and enforcement
Up to $150,000 per breach; reduced or waived where reasonable safeguards are demonstrated.
Private right of action: No. No PROA; enforcement is exclusive to the Oklahoma Attorney General.
Primary source:Oklahoma statute Okla. Stat. tit. 24, 161 et seq. (amended by SB 626 (effective 1 January 2026)); verified June 2026 against state statutory summaries and the underlying statute text.
Section OK.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 Oklahoma sits.
Oklahoma 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 Oklahoma 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:Oklahoma data breach notification statute (Okla. Stat. tit. 24, 161 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.