Ohio Data Removal Guide (2026)
Ohio does not have an enacted generally applicable comprehensive privacy law identified in this guide. Current proposals include HB 345, which remains in House committee, and HB 798, which is introduced; neither is enacted law. Ohioans rely on federal laws, provider-specific routes, and AG-led consumer-protection enforcement.
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
- Ohio Attorney General. Consumer Protection
Ohio Privacy Landscape
Ohio's primary data statute is the Data Protection Act (2018). It can provide an affirmative defense to certain tort claims alleging that a failure to implement reasonable information-security controls caused a data breach when the statutory conditions are met; it does not grant a general consumer deletion right. Current Ohio Personal Privacy Act proposals include HB 345 and HB 798, but the official legislative records do not show either as enacted. The Ohio AG enforces the Ohio Consumer Sales Practices Act. A provider may offer a voluntary request route or another law may apply, but CCPA eligibility is not automatic for Ohio residents.
What rights do Ohio residents have?
- →Data Protection Act affirmative defense for certain breach-related tort claims (no general deletion right)
- →OCSPA consumer fraud remedies
- →Provider voluntary or other applicable routes
Where does your data leak from in Ohio?
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 Ohio:
- Cuyahoga, Franklin, Hamilton County property records
- Ohio Supreme Court case information
- Ohio BMV 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 Ohio Attorney General. Consumer Protection consumer-protection complaint route. A complaint may be reviewed only within the authority's jurisdiction.
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Is there an Ohio privacy law pending?+
The Ohio Personal Privacy Act has been proposed repeatedly, but the current legislative status should be checked before relying on a bill. Ohio residents should use the provider's current voluntary route and any other law or consumer-protection mechanism that fits the facts.