Maine Data Removal Guide (2026)
Maine has one of the most unusual privacy statutes in the US, a strong ISP privacy law that prohibits Maine ISPs from selling customer data without opt-in consent. For broader broker deletion, Maine residents rely on cross-state CCPA leverage.
At a glance
- Comprehensive state privacy law
- No (CCPA opt-out rights apply)
- Enforcement
- Maine Office of the Attorney General
- Residents
- 1.4M (approx.)
Maine Privacy Landscape
Maine's ISP Privacy Act (35-A MRS § 9301) requires ISPs to obtain explicit opt-in consent before selling, sharing, or collecting customer personal information for advertising or profiling. It does not apply to non-ISP data brokers. Maine's broader consumer-protection remedies run through the Unfair Trade Practices Act (5 MRS § 205-A). A comprehensive Maine Consumer Data Privacy Act has been proposed (LD 1977) but not passed.
What rights do Maine residents have?
- →ISP opt-in consent requirement (unique in US)
- →Unfair Trade Practices Act remedies
- →Cross-state CCPA leverage
Where does your data leak from in Maine?
Data brokers don’t guess your address — they scrape specific public-record sources. The ones most relevant in Maine:
- Cumberland, York, Penobscot County property records
- Maine Judicial Branch case search
- Maine BMV driver records
Ready to remove
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File a complaint with the Maine Office of the Attorney General’s consumer protection division. Deceptive-practice statutes often provide remedies even without a state-specific privacy law.
File a complaint with Maine Office of the Attorney General ↗FAQ: Maine data removal
What is unique about Maine's ISP privacy law?+
Maine is the only US state that requires ISPs to obtain affirmative opt-in consent before selling, sharing, or using customer data for advertising. Most other states permit ISPs to use customer data with only opt-out rights. The law is narrow but powerful, it targets the ISP layer specifically.