South Carolina 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 South Carolina. For the underlying law rather than the news, see our South Carolina privacy law page.
Breach Notification
November 9, 2026
South Carolina's private-sector breach statute names the Department of Consumer Affairs, not the Attorney General. Section 39-1-90 sends filings above 1,000 persons to that Department, gives it power to set a per-resident fine, and lets an injured resident sue. Its text reaches computerized or other data, though its definition of a breach mentions only computerized data.
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Genetic Privacy
November 9, 2026
South Carolina's Chapter 93 of Title 38 regulates genetic information in health coverage, but two of its sections are written without limiting them to insurers. It bars issuers from using genetic information in coverage decisions and requires informed consent for genetic tests. Violations can draw department fines, unfair trade practice exposure and a private action.
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Data Security Rules
November 9, 2026
South Carolina added Chapter 99 to Title 38 through 2018 Act No. 171, signed May 3, 2018 and effective January 1, 2019, and its Department of Insurance describes it as the first enactment of the NAIC data security model. The chapter tracks the model closely, so its interest lies in the places where the wording, the timing and the later amendments part from it.
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