Delaware Personal Data Privacy Act
DPDPA · Normalized Research Card v2.1
IN FORCELAST VERIFIED · AUG 26 2026At a glance
Who must comply?
Applicability model: Lower numerical threshold.
Core threshold: 35,000 consumers; or 10,000 consumers and >20% gross revenue from sale
Applicability remains subject to statutory entity, data-level and activity-specific exemptions. Employment/B2B treatment and federal-law carve-outs should be read together with the official statute linked below.
Consumer rights
| Right / protection | Status |
|---|---|
| Access | ✓ Included / qualified by statute |
| Correction | ✓ Included / qualified by statute |
| Deletion | ✓ Included / qualified by statute |
| Portability | ✓ Included / qualified by statute |
| Opt-out sale | ✓ Included / qualified by statute |
| Opt-out targeted advertising | ✓ Included / qualified by statute |
| Profiling protections | ✓ Included / qualified by statute |
Sensitive data & minors
Sensitive-data standard: Consent required
Children's data is treated as sensitive; age-specific requirements interact with COPPA and the Act's consent rules.
Business obligations
Transparency, data minimization, security, accountability, consumer-request mechanisms and assessments for heightened-risk processing.
Enforcement
Authority: Delaware Department of Justice / Attorney General
Private right of action: No
Penalty / remedy baseline: Attorney General enforcement under Delaware law
What makes Delaware different?
Delaware combines relatively low thresholds with broad organizational reach, including many nonprofits, making its practical scope wider than population size alone suggests.
Developments to watch
Monitor amendments and official DOJ guidance; pending changes must not be treated as current law until effective.
Editorial rule: future-effective, proposed and pending measures are kept separate from current law.
Primary sources & verification
Last verified: August 26, 2026
Research standard: primary official sources prioritized; official guidance used to explain operational requirements.