North Carolina · verified through August 25, 2026

North Carolina: law status and evidence context.

Law status, direct attached-library attribution, and public enforcement context are shown separately. A zero direct total does not mean no enforcement exists.

NC · 6 requirements mapped / control outcomes supported

Law status

No verified general comprehensive law

No comprehensive consumer privacy law verified (SB 757 and HB 462 (2025) were pending bills)

Official name / citation
n.a.
Status / effective date
Bills only
Principal enforcer
North Carolina Attorney General (Department of Justice)

Direct attached-library attribution

0 cases · $0

These totals are assigned solely by the attachment’s state heading. Shared multistate totals are not allocated in full to every state.

The attached library does not enumerate participant-level allocations for every multistate matter; shared settlement totals are presented once at the national level and are not duplicated into state totals.

Official law sources

Other generally applicable PII law

Identity Theft Protection Act, N.C.G.S. § 75-61 et seq. - https://ncdoj.gov/protecting-consumers/protecting-your-identity/protect-your-business-from-id-theft/security-breach-information/

Public enforcement context

Tier 1

23andMe (bankruptcy claims)

$18 million multistate recovery; North Carolina share stated as $666,242; separate $46.75 million class settlement · July 14, 2026

North Carolina joined the 42-AG 23andMe settlement over the 2023 genetic-data breach.

Legal basis: State privacy/consumer-protection claims in bankruptcy

Official case source (opens in a new tab)

Mapped control outcomes

1 personal data inventory/data map; 2 sensitive-data discovery; 3 downstream copy tracking; 8 breach blast-radius analysis; 9 retention/minimization; 10 regulator audit evidence

Kestryl can evidence where regulated personal data actually resides across structured stores and unstructured attachments/images, produce audit rows and evidence packs showing when each location was discovered and reviewed, and apply structured-data remediation modes (mask, vault, strip) to reduce exposure. It does not alter source attachments or documents, and its output is technical evidence supporting controls, not proof of legal compliance.