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Ask a business to delete or correct your personal data

Use a covered business’s privacy notice to request correction, deletion or a copy of your personal data under Oregon’s privacy law.

Steps

4 steps
  1. Check coverageThe law has coverage thresholds and exclusions; banks, credit unions and insurance companies are among excluded businesses.
  2. Submit your requestUse the business’s privacy notice for instructions to request correction, deletion or a copy of your personal data.
  3. Track the responseThe business generally must respond within 45 days. Under certain conditions it can take another 45 days, but must explain the extra time.
  4. Appeal a denialFollow the appeal instructions in the privacy notice. If the appeal is rejected, the business must provide information for contacting Oregon’s Attorney General.
Deletion and other privacy requests can be denied for specified legal reasons.

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