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New Mexico

Summary

Law: Please note this State does not have a general privacy law in effect, you can visit our US State Law Tracker to monitor the progress of US State bills

Regulator: New Mexico Attorney General ('AG')

Summary: Although New Mexico does not currently have a comprehensive privacy law, the New Mexico's Privacy Protection Act, under §§57-12B-1 et seq. of Article 12B of Chapter 57 of the New Mexico Statutes ('N.M. Stat.') ('the PPA'), is focused on the protection of social security numbers. Moreover, New Mexico was the 48th State to adopt a data breach notification law (Data Breach Notification Act under Chapter 57 of the Laws of New Mexico 2017).