Montana Data Removal Guide (2026)
Montana's Consumer Data Privacy Act took effect October 2024, and SB 297 amendments took effect October 2025. The current code provides access, correction, deletion, portability, and opt-out rights, with separate protections for minors.
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
- Recorded: MTCDPA
- Broker response deadline
- 45 days in this research snapshot for qualifying requests; extensions and exemptions may apply
- Enforcement
- Montana Office of Consumer Protection
Montana Consumer Data Privacy Act (MTCDPA)
The current MTCDPA applies to persons doing business in Montana or producing products or services targeted to Montana residents that meet either the 25,000-consumer branch or the 15,000-consumer-plus-more-than-25%-sale-revenue branch, subject to exceptions. Rights include access, correction, deletion, portability, and opt-outs from targeted advertising, sale, and certain profiling. The Attorney General has exclusive enforcement authority, with a 30-day written notice-and-cure process and civil penalties up to $7,500 per violation.
Read the full MTCDPAexplainer →Scope, thresholds, exceptions, cure rules, and enforcement details where documented.
What rights do Montana residents have?
- →Access, correct, delete, port, and opt out of targeted advertising, sale, and certain profiling
- →30-day written enforcement notice-and-cure process
- →AG exclusive enforcement
Where does your data leak from in Montana?
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 Montana:
- Montana Judicial Branch case search
- Yellowstone, Missoula County property records
- Montana MVD driver records
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What if a broker ignores your request?
If a qualifying request does not receive a response within the applicable window, review the current extension and exemption rules, then consider the Montana Office of Consumer Protection complaint route. The authority's jurisdiction and available remedies vary.
File a complaint with Montana Office of Consumer Protection ↗FAQ: Montana data removal
Do low-population states get less broker coverage?+
Not automatically. A provider may offer a nationwide voluntary request route, but Montana residents do not receive California rights merely because a broker uses a CCPA workflow. Check controller scope, the current provider policy, request verification, and any Montana right that applies.