Ohio has no comprehensive consumer privacy statute, so obligations there come from its breach-notification law, sector-specific rules and federal statutes. This page collects our coverage touching Ohio. For the underlying law rather than the news, see our Ohio privacy law page.
Privacy Litigation
November 2, 2026
Ohio's 2023 budget bill added a rule requiring social platforms to get a parent's verifiable consent before a child under 16 could sign up. A federal judge in Columbus blocked it before it took effect and entered a permanent injunction in April 2025. In June 2026 a divided Sixth Circuit panel reversed, and NetChoice has until December 3, 2026 to seek Supreme Court review.
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Breach Notification
November 2, 2026
Ohio's private-sector breach law requires notice to residents within 45 days when an access-and-acquisition incident creates a material risk of identity theft or fraud. It names no state office to receive notice, sends a report to the national credit bureaus above 1,000 residents, and gives the Attorney General exclusive power to sue for penalties that rise with each day of noncompliance.
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Data Security Rules
November 2, 2026
Chapter 1354 of the Ohio Revised Code, enacted by Senate Bill 220 in 2018, imposes no security duty. It describes a written cybersecurity program that lets a covered entity plead an affirmative defense to an Ohio tort claim alleging that unreasonable security caused a data breach, and states that it creates neither a minimum standard nor a private right of action.
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