Breach notification law, unfair trade practice deeming and enforcement

Miss. Code Ann. § 75-24-29(8)

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In force since 1 July 2011.

An enforcement supervision rule binding private bodies.

As of 28 August 2026.

What it requires

Expect a violation of Mississippi's breach notification duty to be enforced solely by the Attorney General as an unfair trade practice; the statute expressly forecloses a private right of action in the same clause that deems the violation an unfair trade practice.

If you get it wrong

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What this law does

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Failure to comply with Mississippi's breach notification duty constitutes an unfair trade practice enforced by the Attorney General, but the same sentence that deems the violation an unfair trade practice expressly forecloses any private right of action: this closes, in one clause, the exact route that opens a private action in other states whose breach statutes deem a violation an unfair trade practice without an express carve-out.

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Read the law

official Mississippi Legislature enrolled act text, as sent to the Governor, billstatus.ls.state.ms.us

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