Delaware Personal Data Privacy Act (DPDPA), general applicability and controller/processor duties

Del. Code Ann. tit. 6, §§ 12D-101, 12D-104 to 12D-109

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In force since 1 January 2025.

A comprehensive regime rule binding private bodies.

As of 27 August 2026.

What it requires

Cite DPDPA to Title 6, Chapter 12D of the Delaware Code, not Chapter 12C, which is a different statute.
Watch for H.B. 380's enactment. If signed, it would extend DPDPA to employee, applicant, and contractor data used in consequential employment decisions and lower the applicability thresholds, effective January 1, 2027.

What this law does

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DPDPA governs private-sector processing of Delaware consumers' personal data. It is codified at Del. Code Ann. tit. 6, ch. 12D; Chapter 12C, sometimes cited for the DPDPA, is a different Delaware statute. Enacted as H.B. 154, 152nd General Assembly, effective January 1, 2025. Controller duties are allocated at sections 12D-104 through 12D-108 and processor duties at section 12D-109.

H.B. 380 (153rd General Assembly), which would extend the Act to employee, applicant, and contractor data used in consequential employment decisions and lower applicability thresholds, passed the General Assembly on June 16, 2026 but its gubernatorial signature status was unconfirmed as of the date shown; it is not recorded as its own instrument pending that confirmation.

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official Delaware statute text, Title 6 Chapter 12D, Delaware Code

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