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Montana
Privacy Laws

Overview

BREACH NOTIFICATION – Mandated Timeframe
Without unreasonable delay

FINES & PENALTIES – Violations
Up to $10,000 per violation

Legal

Regulation Levels

  • Breach Reporting

    Breach Reporting

  • Consumer Notification

    Consumer Notification

  • Vendor Management

    Vendor Management

  • Vendor Contract Required

    Vendor Contract Required

PRIVACY AND SECURITY LAWS

Laws related to personal information and privacy and security.

QUICK FACTS

Montana Privacy Law Information

BREACH REPORTING

At the same time as consumer notification, breach reporting must be made to the Attorney General’s Consumer Protection Office. Notifying the Commissioner of Insurance is required in some cases involving insurance related breaches.

CONSUMER NOTIFICATION

If your breach affects residents in other jurisdictions, those individuals must be notified based on the breach notification laws of the jurisdiction where they reside.

VENDOR/THIRD PARTIES

A vendor discovering a breach or suspected breach must notify the data owner. The organization is responsible for reporting to regulator and consumer notification. Vendors in the business of destroying records must have measures in place for the destruction of records containing personal information so the records are unreadable or undecipherable. Under Montana’s Consumer Protection law, “an entity that destroys records” is included in the definition of “business”.

FINES & PENALTIES

Organizations may be fined or penalized for Vendor violations. Actions may be brought for temporary or permanent injunctive relief for violations. A civil action may be brought if there is a violation under the credit reporting laws.

Montana Statutes and Laws

MONT. CODE ANN. § 30-14

Unfair trade practices and consumer protection

MONT. CODE ANN. § 30-14-1702

Definitions

MONT. CODE ANN. § 30-14-1703

Record Destruction

MONT. CODE ANN. § 30-14-1704

Computer security breach

MONT. CODE ANN. § 30-14-1705

Department to restrain unlawful acts – penalty

MONT. CODE ANN. §§ 30-14-111, 30-14-112, 30-14-142

Enforcement, penalties

MONT. CODE ANN. §§ 30-14-1701 – 300-14-1705

Impediment of Identity Theft – Record Destruction and Security Breach

MONT. CODE ANN. §§ 30-14-1721, 30-14-1722

Impediment of identity theft – credit cards

MONT. CODE ANN., TITLE 33, CHAPTER 19

Insurance information and privacy protection

DISCLAIMER

The information provided is not legal guidance or recommendations and are for informational purposes only.