Michigan breach notification lookup
Use this Michigan breach notification lookup as an incident-triage clock, not as legal advice. It shows the fields Policywright has verified for Michigan: statute citation, stated notification deadline, residents or regulators who may need notice, consumer-reporting-agency threshold, consumer-notice trigger, official source links, and the last verified date.
Last verified 2026-08-13. Not legal advice.
| Field | Verified value | Use in the incident file |
|---|---|---|
| Statute | Mich. Comp. Laws § 445.72 | Link the decision record to the official citation |
| Deadline | Resident notice without unreasonable delay after discovery or notice of the breach, unless delayed by a law-enforcement agency after determining notice will impede a criminal or civil investigation or homeland/national security; delay may continue until law enforcement determines notice will no longer impede the investigation or jeopardize security. | Sort multi-state response work by the shortest stated clock |
| Residents | Michigan residents whose unencrypted and unredacted personal information was accessed and acquired by an unauthorized person, or whose encrypted personal information was accessed and acquired with the encryption key or security credential, unless the statutory substantial-loss/injury or identity-theft exception applies. | Identify whether affected residents receive notice |
| Regulator | The reviewed Michigan Attorney General alert states that current Michigan law does not require companies to notify the Attorney General’s office of data breaches; consumers may use Michigan AG identity-theft and consumer-protection resources after receiving a breach notice. | Record AG or regulator portal review |
| Consumer-reporting agencies | The reviewed Michigan Identity Theft Protection Act materials did not verify a separate statewide nationwide-consumer-reporting-agency notice trigger for general private breaches. | Check whether the affected count crosses a CRA threshold |
| Consumer trigger | Michigan Attorney General consumer alerts provide breach-response guidance and state that Michigan law does not currently require companies to notify the Attorney General’s office of data breaches. | Tie notice analysis to the statutory trigger, not an unsupported assumption |
What this state lookup shows
Michigan fields are rendered from the verified state dataset only when the field exists. No deadline is inferred when the data does not state one.
Mich. Comp. Laws § 445.72 is the statute citation retained for this lookup, and the state page links to the official statute source when available.
Michigan Attorney General consumer alerts provide breach-response guidance and state that Michigan law does not currently require companies to notify the Attorney General’s office of data breaches. The consumer trigger matters because the clock usually starts only after a legally meaningful incident analysis, not merely because an IT alert appeared.
The last verified date for this Michigan lookup is 2026-08-13. Use that date as a prompt to refresh counsel review before making a live notification decision.
How to use it during an incident
Start with containment and evidence preservation, then identify affected resident states and compare the shortest stated deadline first.
A practical incident file should record discovery time, encryption status, systems involved, affected consumer count, vendor involvement, and the person responsible for counsel review.
For Michigan, the WISP should say where the notification decision log lives, who contacts counsel, who checks the regulator portal, and who approves any consumer notice before it is sent.
This lookup pairs with the Incident Response Plan because the plan owns the workflow: intake, escalation, containment, preservation, notice analysis, communications, and final review.
How it fits the WISP
A WISP should not guess at state-law outcomes; it should make the breach-review path fast, documented, and source-linked.
Pair this lookup with the Michigan WISP requirements page so the firm's written program names the state-aware incident path before an event happens.
Policywright keeps the breach clock separate from the policy packet: the lookup tells you what to review, while the generated packet assigns owners, evidence records, remediation steps, and review cadence.
Not legal advice. A qualified lawyer should confirm whether the incident facts meet a statutory definition, whether substitute notice or regulator notice applies, and whether another state or federal rule changes the timeline.
FAQ
Is this Michigan lookup legal advice?
No. It is a source-linked lookup for incident planning and should be reviewed with qualified counsel before relying on it in a live notification decision.
What if affected residents live outside Michigan?
Use the multi-state lookup page and include every state where affected residents may live. The comparison table sorts selected states by the shortest stated deadline first.
Does this replace the FTC Safeguards Rule notice analysis?
No. State notice review is separate from the federal Safeguards Rule and 16 CFR 314.4(j) analysis. A serious incident file should preserve both review tracks.