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Indiana Consumer Data Protection Act

Indiana privacy law (ICDPA): controller duties

Law as of October 28, 2026 Reviewed by Sergio Maldonado Elvira on 29 October 2026

Summary (not the statute text)

Controllers must limit collection to what is adequate, relevant and reasonably necessary, keep reasonable security, and publish a privacy notice. Indiana does not require controllers to honour universal opt-out signals. Data protection impact assessments are required for targeted advertising, sale, risky profiling, sensitive data and other high-risk processing created after 31 Dec 2025.

Key points

  1. Data minimisation: collection limited to what is adequate, relevant and reasonably necessary for the disclosed purposes.

    Section: IC 24-15-4-1(1)

  2. No processing for purposes neither reasonably necessary for nor compatible with the disclosed purposes without consent.

    Section: IC 24-15-4-1(2)

  3. Privacy notice must list categories of data, purposes, how to exercise and appeal rights, categories of data shared and of third parties.

    Section: IC 24-15-4-3

  4. Sales and targeted advertising must be disclosed clearly with the way to opt out.

    Section: IC 24-15-4-4

  5. No universal opt-out signal duty appears in the Act.

    Section: IC 24-15-4

  6. Impact assessments are required for targeted advertising, sale, risky profiling, sensitive data and heightened-risk processing.

    Section: IC 24-15-6-1(b)

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Law as of October 28, 2026.

Reviewed by Sergio Maldonado Elvira on 29 October 2026. Prepared from the official sources listed.

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