Oreg. Consumer Privacy Act Report Reveals 110 Consumer Privacy Complaints in First Six Months
Oregon's privacy unit received more than 100 consumer privacy complaints in the six months after the Oregon Consumer Privacy Act (OCPA) took effect, “showing that Oregonians care about their privacy rights, and that they are engaged with the process,” Attorney General Dan Rayfield (D) said in a report released Friday. The unit began and closed 21 OCPA violations through cure notices between July 1, 2024, and Jan. 1, 2025, it said.
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“This law gives people and families the ability to manage their personal information, and have it removed from websites,” Rayfield said. “We’re already seeing real results and we’ll continue pushing to make sure companies respect these rights and that every Oregonian has the control they deserve over their own data.”
Consumer lodged the complaints on the AG office's online privacy complaint portal. Receiving 110 complaints OCPA's first six months is significant when compared to other similarly sized states, the report said. Meanwhile, sending cure notices has “already resulted in significant changes to privacy notices, to provide more transparency regarding data practices, and better reflect consumer rights between companies and individuals,” it said. Inadequate or lack of disclosures, confusing privacy notices and burdensome or lack of rights mechanisms were common issues identified in the cure notices, Rayfield said.