Law status
Verified comprehensive law
Yes - Rhode Island Data Transparency and Privacy Protection Act
- Official name / citation
- R.I. Gen. Laws ch. 6-48.1, §§ 6-48.1-1 to 6-48.1-10 (P.L. 2024 ch. 453, enacted June 29, 2024)
- Status / effective date
- Enacted; provisions effective January 1, 2026 per the codified chapter page
- Principal enforcer
- Rhode Island Attorney General
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
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Other generally applicable PII law
Also: Rhode Island Identity Theft Protection Act of 2015, R.I. Gen. Laws §§ 11-49.3-1 to 11-49.3-6 - https://webserver.rilegislature.gov/PublicLaws/law15/law15148.htm
Public enforcement context
Tier 1
Equifax Inc.
Up to $425 million consumer restitution fund; Rhode Island share stated as $1 million · July 22, 2019
Rhode Island participated in the 50-AG Equifax settlement over the 2017 breach affecting about 147 million consumers.
Legal basis: State consumer protection and data-security claims (statutes not named on the page)
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.
Educational information, not legal advice. The supplied snapshot is dated August 25, 2026; confirm current law, applicability, exceptions, official status, and reporting decisions with qualified counsel and the relevant authority.