South Carolina
For South Carolina, statute citation is S.C. Code Ann. § 39-1-90; individual notice deadline is in the most expedient time possible and without unreasonable delay; ag notice resident-count trigger is more than one thousand persons; consumer reporting agency notice trigger (residents) is more than one thousand persons; encryption safe harbor is yes, recorded from its source on 2026-08-18.
- State
- South Carolina verified
- Statute citation
- S.C. Code Ann. § 39-1-90
- Individual notice deadline
- in the most expedient time possible and without unreasonable delay verified
- AG notice resident-count trigger
- more than one thousand persons verified
- Consumer reporting agency notice trigger (residents)
- more than one thousand persons verified
- Encryption safe harbor
- yes our reading
- Notes
- The AG notice goes to the Consumer Protection Division of the Department of Consumer Affairs, not directly the Attorney General. AG and CRA thresholds are the same (1,000 persons). Banks and financial institutions compliant with Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act or the federal Interagency Guidance are explicitly exempt (subsections I and J). our reading
Values marked our reading are our classification of what the source says — the source does not print them in those words. The quote below is the evidence for each one; judge it yourself.
What the source says
(K) If a business provides notice to more than one thousand persons at one time pursuant to this section, the business shall notify, without unreasonable delay, the Consumer Protection Division of the Department of Consumer Affairs and all consumer reporting agencies that compile and maintain files on a nationwide basis, as defined in 15 U.S.C. Section 1681a(p), of the timing, distribution, and content of the notice. HISTORY: 2008 Act No. 190, SECTION 7.A, eff July 1, 2009; 2013 Act No. 15, SECTION 3, eff April 23, 2013. Effect of Amendment The 2013 amendment rewrote subsection (D)(3), the definition of "Personal identifying information". South Carolina
— scstatehouse.gov, retrieved 2026-08-18
Source
- scstatehouse.govhttps://www.scstatehouse.gov/code/t39c001.php