Michigan Data Removal Guide (2026)
Michigan does not have an enacted generally applicable comprehensive state privacy law identified in this guide. SB 359 would create a general Personal Data Privacy Act, while 2026 HB 5769 addresses reproductive-health data; the official record shows these as proposals, not operative general privacy law. Residents can review the provider's current route, the Consumer Protection Act, and the PPPA where their facts fit.
Research status: this is a dated state-law snapshot; verify the current official sources before relying on a right, deadline, penalty, or complaint route.
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
- Michigan Department of Attorney General
Michigan Privacy Landscape
The Michigan Consumer Protection Act (MCL 445.901 et seq.) addresses unfair and deceptive practices. Michigan's PPPA (MCL 445.1711 et seq.) provides a narrow privacy right for video, book, and music records, relevant to specific categories. SB 359 (2025) would create a general Personal Data Privacy Act, and HB 5769 (2026) would create a reproductive-health data privacy act; the current legislative record identifies proposals rather than enacted comprehensive privacy law. No comprehensive deletion right under current state law is identified here; coverage depends on the provider and applicable law.
What rights do Michigan residents have?
- →Consumer Protection Act remedies
- →PPPA for narrow categories (video/book/music records)
- →Provider voluntary or other applicable routes
Where does your data leak from in Michigan?
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 Michigan:
- Wayne, Oakland, Macomb County property records
- Michigan Courts One Court of Justice search
- Michigan SOS driver 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 Michigan Department of Attorney General consumer-protection complaint route. A complaint may be reviewed only within the authority's jurisdiction.
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What is Michigan's PPPA and does it help with broker removal?+
PPPA is a narrow statute for records that identify a customer's purchase, rental, or borrowing of books or other written materials, sound recordings, or video recordings. Whether it applies to a provider or disclosure depends on the entity, record, exceptions, actual harm, and current case law; it is not a general deletion right.