Wisconsin 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 Wisconsin. For the underlying law rather than the news, see our Wisconsin privacy law page.
Breach Notification
November 2, 2026
Wisconsin's breach statute never uses the word breach. It requires notice when an entity knows personal information was acquired without authorization, counts DNA profiles and biometric data as personal information, and sets a 45-day limit. It names no enforcer and no penalty, and a federal court has held it creates no private right of action.
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Employee Privacy
November 2, 2026
Wisconsin's Internet privacy protection statute, created by 2013 Wisconsin Act 208, applies one access rule to employers, educational institutions and landlords. It bars conditioning a job, admission or tenancy on handing over or displaying a personal Internet account, lists what stays permitted, and routes retaliation claims through the Fair Employment Act process.
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Genetic Privacy
November 2, 2026
Wisconsin regulates genetic testing in employment through two statutes created by the same 1992 act. Section 111.372 of the Fair Employment Act bars employers, unions, employment agencies and licensing agencies from testing as a condition of a job, and s. 942.07 makes testing or disclosure without written consent a Class B misdemeanor.
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