Wisconsin Data Breach Notification

Wisconsin SB 164, signed into law in 2006 as Wisconsin Notice of Unauthorized Acquisition of Personal Information, states that if an entity whose principal place of business is located in this state or an entity that maintains or licenses personal information in this state knows that personal information in the entity’s possession has been acquired by a person whom the entity knows has not been authorized to acquire the personal information, the entity shall make reasonable efforts to notify each subject of the personal information. The policy detects combinations of Personally Identifiable Information (PII) like social security, credit card, and driver’s license numbers. The rules for this policy are:

• Wisconsin Data Breach Notification: SSN with CCN
• Wisconsin Data Breach Notification: SSN with Wisconsin DL
• Wisconsin Data Breach Notification: SSN with Account Number
• Wisconsin Data Breach Notification: SSN with PIN Number
• Wisconsin Data Breach Notification: SSN and Password (Wide)
• Wisconsin Data Breach Notification: SSN and Password (Default)
• Wisconsin Data Breach Notification: SSN and Password (Narrow)
• Wisconsin Data Breach Notification: SSN with DNA profile