Massachusetts Data Removal Guide (2026)
Massachusetts has no comprehensive consumer privacy law in this guide, but Chapter 93A and the Massachusetts Information Security Regulations may matter when a provider's conduct is unfair, deceptive, or insecure. Those remedies are not a general deletion right.
Research status: published state guide pending fresh official-source re-verification.
This page is educational orientation, not legal advice. Scope, exemptions, deadlines, penalties, regulator powers and broker routes can change. Verify the current statute and state regulator guidance before relying on a right or deadline.
At a glance
- Comprehensive state privacy law
- No comprehensive law recorded in this snapshot
- Enforcement
- Massachusetts Attorney General
Massachusetts Privacy Landscape
Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 93A can apply to unfair or deceptive trade practices, with remedies that depend on the conduct and claim. The Massachusetts Information Security Regulations (201 CMR 17.00) address safeguards for businesses holding Massachusetts residents' personal information. A data-removal request still depends on the provider's current route and any other applicable law.
What rights do Massachusetts residents have?
- →Chapter 93A remedies, including possible double/treble damages for qualifying claims
- →201 CMR 17.00 information security regulation
- →Provider voluntary or other applicable routes
Where does your data leak from in Massachusetts?
The FTC explains that people-search sites may combine public records, public social profiles, and information from other brokers. The examples below are a research snapshot, not an exhaustive or person-specific source map for Massachusetts:
- Middlesex, Suffolk, Worcester County registry of deeds
- Massachusetts Trial Court public access
- Massachusetts RMV records
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What if a broker ignores your request?
Review the broker's policy and any applicable consumer-protection rule, then consider the Massachusetts Attorney General consumer-protection complaint route. A complaint may be reviewed only within the authority's jurisdiction.
File a complaint with Massachusetts Attorney General ↗FAQ: Massachusetts data removal
How does Chapter 93A help with data broker removal?+
If a broker materially misrepresents its privacy practices, Chapter 93A may support a consumer claim when the statutory elements are met, including an unfair or deceptive act and a qualifying loss of money or property. A consumer may need to send a 30-day demand letter before suit, and a court may award actual or compensatory damages and, for knowing or willful conduct, double or treble damages. Chapter 93A does not create a direct deletion right.