State notification register
Oregon data breach notification law: as soon as practicable but no later than 45 days after discovery.
Oregon's breach-notification obligations are set by ORS 646A.600 et seq. (Oregon Consumer 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
45 days
From discovery / determination
AG notification
250
250 or more Oregon residents
Private action
No
No express PROA
Statute
OR
ORS 646A.600 et seq.
Section OR.1
What the statute requires
Under ORS 646A.600 et seq., the Oregon Consumer Information Protection Act, a business that owns or licenses computerized personal information of Oregon residents must notify affected individuals as soon as practicable but no later than 45 days after discovery.
Attorney general or state-agency notification is 250 or more oregon residents. Where required, the timeline is: within the 45-day notification window.
Section OR.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 Oregon residents: 45 days
- [2] Attorney general / state agency: 250 or more oregon residents
- [3] Consumer reporting agencies where the breach is large-scale
Section OR.3
Penalties and enforcement
Up to $1,000 per violation; continuing violations up to $500,000.
Private right of action: No. No express PROA; remedies may run through the Unlawful Trade Practices Act.
Primary source:Oregon statute ORS 646A.600 et seq. (Oregon Consumer Information Protection Act); verified June 2026 against state statutory summaries and the underlying statute text.
Section OR.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 Oregon sits.
Oregon imposes a fixed 45-day deadline. The strictest states cut this to 30 days, so Oregon 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 Oregon 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:Oregon data breach notification statute (ORS 646A.600 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.