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Montana Consumer Data Privacy Act

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United States - Montana
vMCA 30-14-2801 to 30-14-2820 (SB 384, Ch. 681, L. 2023, effective 1 October 2024; amended by SB 297, Ch. 567, L. 2025, effective 1 October 2025)
8 domains
45 controls

Montana's comprehensive consumer privacy law (MCA 30-14-2801 to 30-14-2820), effective 1 October 2024 and amended from 1 October 2025, for businesses processing data of 25,000 Montana consumers, or 15,000 while earning over a quarter of revenue from selling data: access, correction, deletion, portability and opt-out rights with appeals, opt-out preference signals, privacy notice rules, minimisation, security, sensitive data and teen consent, processor contracts, data protection assessments, and threshold-free duties toward minors (duty of care, consent for targeting, design features, geolocation, messaging safeguards, minors' assessments). Attorney general enforcement with no cure period and up to 7,500 dollars per violation. Built from the Code's own text.

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Montana Consumer Data Privacy Act is a compliance framework from United States - Montana with 8 domains and 45 controls that map to 117 other frameworks. The largest domains are 30-14-2812: controller duties and the privacy notice – Montana Consumer Data Privacy Act (13 controls), 30-14-2808: consumer rights, responses and appeals – Montana Consumer Data Privacy Act (11 controls), 30-14-2811: duties of controllers toward minors – Montana Consumer Data Privacy Act (7 controls). Every control below carries what it requires and what an assessor expects to see.

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Framework Domains (8)

30-14-2808: consumer rights, responses and appeals – Montana Consumer Data Privacy Act

11 controls
Controls in the 30-14-2808: consumer rights, responses and appeals – Montana Consumer Data Privacy Act domain of Montana Consumer Data Privacy Act: 11 controls
CodeTitle
montana-consumer-data-privacy-act::30-14-2808(1)(a)30-14-2808(1)(a): right to confirm processing and access personal data
montana-consumer-data-privacy-act::30-14-2808(1)(b)30-14-2808(1)(b): right to correct inaccuracies
montana-consumer-data-privacy-act::30-14-2808(1)(c)30-14-2808(1)(c) and (4)(e): right to delete, including data obtained from other sources
montana-consumer-data-privacy-act::30-14-2808(1)(d)30-14-2808(1)(d): right to data portability
montana-consumer-data-privacy-act::30-14-2808(1)(e)30-14-2808(1)(e): right to opt out of targeted advertising, sale and significant profiling
montana-consumer-data-privacy-act::30-14-2808(3)30-14-2808(2) and (3): requests through secure means and by parents, guardians, conservators and agents
montana-consumer-data-privacy-act::30-14-2808(4)(a)30-14-2808(4)(a) and (b): respond within 45 days, extend once, explain refusals
montana-consumer-data-privacy-act::30-14-2808(4)(c)30-14-2808(4)(c): free once per 12 months, fees only for abusive requests
montana-consumer-data-privacy-act::30-14-2808(4)(d)30-14-2808(4)(d): authentication of requests; opt-outs need none; fraud notices
montana-consumer-data-privacy-act::30-14-2808(5)30-14-2808(5): appeals decided within 60 days with a route to the attorney general
montana-consumer-data-privacy-act::30-14-2808(6)30-14-2808(6): identifiers withheld from access responses

30-14-2809: authorized agents and opt-out methods – Montana Consumer Data Privacy Act

4 controls
Controls in the 30-14-2809: authorized agents and opt-out methods – Montana Consumer Data Privacy Act domain of Montana Consumer Data Privacy Act: 4 controls
CodeTitle
montana-consumer-data-privacy-act::30-14-2809(1)30-14-2809(1) and (2): honour opt-outs sent by authorized agents, including technology signals
montana-consumer-data-privacy-act::30-14-2809(3)(a)30-14-2809(3)(a): clear and conspicuous opt-out link on the website
montana-consumer-data-privacy-act::30-14-2809(3)(b)30-14-2809(3)(b): recognise opt-out preference signals from 1 January 2025
montana-consumer-data-privacy-act::30-14-2809(4)30-14-2809(4): signal conflicts with settings or loyalty programmes; incentive terms

30-14-2811: duties of controllers toward minors – Montana Consumer Data Privacy Act

7 controls
Controls in the 30-14-2811: duties of controllers toward minors – Montana Consumer Data Privacy Act domain of Montana Consumer Data Privacy Act: 7 controls
CodeTitle
montana-consumer-data-privacy-act::30-14-2811(1)30-14-2811(1): duty of reasonable care to avoid heightened risk of harm to minors
montana-consumer-data-privacy-act::30-14-2811(2)(a)30-14-2811(2)(a): no targeted advertising, sale, significant profiling, secondary use or over-retention of minors' data without consent
montana-consumer-data-privacy-act::30-14-2811(2)(b)30-14-2811(2)(b): no design features that significantly extend a minor's use
montana-consumer-data-privacy-act::30-14-2811(2)(c)30-14-2811(2)(c): minors' precise geolocation only when necessary, time-limited and signalled
montana-consumer-data-privacy-act::30-14-2811(3)(a)30-14-2811(3)(a): consent of the minor, or of the parent for a child
montana-consumer-data-privacy-act::30-14-2811(3)(b)(i)(A)30-14-2811(3)(b)(i)(A): no manipulative consent mechanisms for minors
montana-consumer-data-privacy-act::30-14-2811(3)(b)(i)(B)30-14-2811(3)(b)(i)(B): safeguards on adults messaging minors

30-14-2812: controller duties and the privacy notice – Montana Consumer Data Privacy Act

13 controls
Controls in the 30-14-2812: controller duties and the privacy notice – Montana Consumer Data Privacy Act domain of Montana Consumer Data Privacy Act: 13 controls
CodeTitle
montana-consumer-data-privacy-act::30-14-2812(1)(a)30-14-2812(1)(a): data minimisation
montana-consumer-data-privacy-act::30-14-2812(1)(b)30-14-2812(1)(b): reasonable administrative, technical and physical security
montana-consumer-data-privacy-act::30-14-2812(1)(c)30-14-2812(1)(c): easy consent revocation, honoured within 45 days
montana-consumer-data-privacy-act::30-14-2812(11)30-14-2812(11): secure and reliable request methods without forced account creation
montana-consumer-data-privacy-act::30-14-2812(2)(a)30-14-2812(2)(a): purpose limitation
montana-consumer-data-privacy-act::30-14-2812(2)(b)30-14-2812(2)(b): consent for sensitive data; COPPA for a known child's sensitive data
montana-consumer-data-privacy-act::30-14-2812(2)(c)30-14-2812(2)(c): no processing in violation of anti-discrimination law
montana-consumer-data-privacy-act::30-14-2812(2)(d)30-14-2812(2)(d): consent before targeting or selling data of consumers aged 13 to 15
montana-consumer-data-privacy-act::30-14-2812(2)(e)30-14-2812(2)(e) and (3): no retaliation for exercising rights; loyalty programmes allowed
montana-consumer-data-privacy-act::30-14-2812(4)30-14-2812(4): disclose sale and targeted advertising, with an opt-out method outside the notice
montana-consumer-data-privacy-act::30-14-2812(5)30-14-2812(5): contents of the privacy notice
montana-consumer-data-privacy-act::30-14-2812(6)30-14-2812(6), (7), (9) and (10): notice languages, accessibility and placement
montana-consumer-data-privacy-act::30-14-2812(8)30-14-2812(8): notify material changes and allow withdrawal of consent

30-14-2813 and 30-14-2818: processors – Montana Consumer Data Privacy Act

3 controls
Controls in the 30-14-2813 and 30-14-2818: processors – Montana Consumer Data Privacy Act domain of Montana Consumer Data Privacy Act: 3 controls
CodeTitle
montana-consumer-data-privacy-act::30-14-2813(1)30-14-2813(1), (3) and (4): processors follow instructions and assist the controller; role is a question of fact
montana-consumer-data-privacy-act::30-14-2813(2)30-14-2813(2): the binding controller-processor contract
montana-consumer-data-privacy-act::30-14-281830-14-2818: processor duties for minors' data

30-14-2814 and 30-14-2819: data protection assessments – Montana Consumer Data Privacy Act

4 controls
Controls in the 30-14-2814 and 30-14-2819: data protection assessments – Montana Consumer Data Privacy Act domain of Montana Consumer Data Privacy Act: 4 controls
CodeTitle
montana-consumer-data-privacy-act::30-14-281430-14-2814: data protection assessments for heightened-risk processing
montana-consumer-data-privacy-act::30-14-2819(1)30-14-2819(1), (3) and (4): data protection assessments for services used by minors
montana-consumer-data-privacy-act::30-14-2819(2)30-14-2819(2) and (6): review minors' assessments, keep them and produce them to the attorney general
montana-consumer-data-privacy-act::30-14-2819(5)30-14-2819(5): mitigation plan where a heightened risk of harm to minors is found

30-14-2815: de-identified and pseudonymous data – Montana Consumer Data Privacy Act

2 controls
Controls in the 30-14-2815: de-identified and pseudonymous data – Montana Consumer Data Privacy Act domain of Montana Consumer Data Privacy Act: 2 controls
CodeTitle
montana-consumer-data-privacy-act::30-14-2815(1)30-14-2815(1) to (4): safeguards for de-identified data and the limits on rights for pseudonymous data
montana-consumer-data-privacy-act::30-14-2815(5)30-14-2815(5): oversight of disclosed de-identified and pseudonymous data

30-14-2816, 30-14-2817 and 30-14-2820: permitted processing, enforcement and penalties – Montana Consumer Data Privacy Act

1 controls
Controls in the 30-14-2816, 30-14-2817 and 30-14-2820: permitted processing, enforcement and penalties – Montana Consumer Data Privacy Act domain of Montana Consumer Data Privacy Act: 1 controls
CodeTitle
montana-consumer-data-privacy-act::30-14-2816(6)30-14-2816(6) and (7): processing under an exemption must be necessary, proportionate and secured, and the controller proves it

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Maps to 117 other frameworks

53 total controls
Turkey KVKK
7 source controls mapped|3 target controls covered
13%
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7 source controls mapped|7 target controls covered
13%
Malaysia PDPA 2010
7 source controls mapped|7 target controls covered
13%
Mexico LFPDPPP
7 source controls mapped|6 target controls covered
13%
Bahrain PDPL
7 source controls mapped|13 target controls covered
13%
Switzerland New Federal Act on Data Protection (nFADP/nDSG, 2023)
7 source controls mapped|23 target controls covered
13%
Federal Decree-Law No. 45 of 2021 on the Protection of Personal Data (UAE PDPL)
7 source controls mapped|9 target controls covered
13%
Mauritius DPA
7 source controls mapped|7 target controls covered
13%
Pakistan Personal Data Protection Bill 2023
6 source controls mapped|5 target controls covered
11%
South Korea PIPA
6 source controls mapped|5 target controls covered
11%
South Korea ISMS-P
6 source controls mapped|8 target controls covered
11%
Barbados Data Protection Act 2019
6 source controls mapped|7 target controls covered
11%
Vietnam Law on Cybersecurity (No. 116/2025/QH15)
5 source controls mapped|3 target controls covered
9%
APPI
5 source controls mapped|9 target controls covered
9%
GDPR
5 source controls mapped|10 target controls covered
9%
ISO/IEC 27400:2022
5 source controls mapped|7 target controls covered
9%
FTC GLBA Safeguards Rule (16 CFR Part 314)
5 source controls mapped|3 target controls covered
9%
Singapore Government Instruction Manual on ICT&SS Management (IM8)
5 source controls mapped|9 target controls covered
9%
Vermont Data Privacy and Online Surveillance Act
4 source controls mapped|3 target controls covered
8%
Russia Federal Law on Personal Data (152-FZ)
4 source controls mapped|2 target controls covered
8%
Azerbaijan Law on Personal Data (2010)
4 source controls mapped|4 target controls covered
8%
Albania Law No. 124/2024 on Personal Data Protection
4 source controls mapped|3 target controls covered
8%
ISO/IEC 23894:2023
4 source controls mapped|5 target controls covered
8%
DAMA-DMBOK2 - Data Management Body of Knowledge (2nd Edition)
4 source controls mapped|5 target controls covered
8%
ISO/IEC 27557:2022 - Organisational Privacy Risk Management
3 source controls mapped|3 target controls covered
6%
USMCA Chapter 19 - Digital Trade (United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement)
3 source controls mapped|2 target controls covered
6%
TEFCA - Trusted Exchange Framework and Common Agreement
3 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
6%
Rhode Island Data Transparency and Privacy Protection Act (RIDTPPA)
3 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
6%
NIST Privacy Framework
3 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
6%
COSO Internal Control - Integrated Framework (2013)
3 source controls mapped|2 target controls covered
6%
Austria Data Protection Act (Datenschutzgesetz, DSG, amended 2018)
3 source controls mapped|6 target controls covered
6%
Florida Digital Bill of Rights (FDBR)
3 source controls mapped|2 target controls covered
6%
ISO/IEC 29134:2023
3 source controls mapped|3 target controls covered
6%
Armenia Law on Protection of Personal Data (2015)
3 source controls mapped|3 target controls covered
6%
ITU-T X.805 - Security Architecture for End-to-End Communications
3 source controls mapped|2 target controls covered
6%
Australian Privacy Principles (APPs)
3 source controls mapped|4 target controls covered
6%
Azure Security Benchmark
3 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
6%
US Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (GLBA) - Higher Education Safeguards Rule
3 source controls mapped|4 target controls covered
6%
ISO 27799:2025
3 source controls mapped|9 target controls covered
6%
ISO/IEC 27011:2024
3 source controls mapped|6 target controls covered
6%
BSI IT-Grundschutz
3 source controls mapped|10 target controls covered
6%
ASD Strategies to Mitigate Cyber Security Incidents
3 source controls mapped|4 target controls covered
6%
CISA Cross-Sector Cybersecurity Performance Goals (CPG) 2.0
3 source controls mapped|5 target controls covered
6%
AWWA Cybersecurity Guidance for the Water Sector (American Water Works Association)
3 source controls mapped|5 target controls covered
6%
NIST SP 800-124 Revision 2 - Guidelines for Managing the Security of Mobile Devices
3 source controls mapped|4 target controls covered
6%
US Consumer Product Safety Act (CPSC) Manufacturer and Importer Duties
3 source controls mapped|4 target controls covered
6%
OWASP Top 10 for LLM Applications 2025
2 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
4%
Estonia Personal Data Protection Act (Isikuandmete kaitse seadus, 2019)
2 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
4%
ISO/IEC 29100:2024
2 source controls mapped|3 target controls covered
4%
Connecticut Data Privacy Act (CTDPA)
2 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
4%
OWASP Top 10:2025
2 source controls mapped|4 target controls covered
4%
OWASP MASVS
2 source controls mapped|3 target controls covered
4%
OWASP DevSecOps Maturity Model (DSOMM)
2 source controls mapped|5 target controls covered
4%
OWASP ASVS
2 source controls mapped|4 target controls covered
4%
OWASP API Security Top 10 - 2023
2 source controls mapped|2 target controls covered
4%
Nevada Gaming Control Board Cybersecurity Requirements
2 source controls mapped|4 target controls covered
4%
IAEA Nuclear Security Series - Computer Security at Nuclear Facilities (NSS-17-T Rev 1)
2 source controls mapped|3 target controls covered
4%
API 1164
2 source controls mapped|7 target controls covered
4%
ISO/IEC 27043:2015
2 source controls mapped|7 target controls covered
4%
FFIEC IT Examination Handbook
2 source controls mapped|5 target controls covered
4%
ISO/SAE 21434
2 source controls mapped|7 target controls covered
4%
ISO/IEC 27019:2024
2 source controls mapped|7 target controls covered
4%
EASA Part-IS - Information Security in Aviation
2 source controls mapped|5 target controls covered
4%
ICAO Annex 17 - Aviation Security (AVSEC)
2 source controls mapped|2 target controls covered
4%
ISO/IEC 27010:2015
2 source controls mapped|4 target controls covered
4%
IEC 62443
2 source controls mapped|7 target controls covered
4%
APRA CPS 230 Operational Risk Management
2 source controls mapped|2 target controls covered
4%
ASIS SPC.1-2009 - Organizational Resilience Standard
2 source controls mapped|2 target controls covered
4%
Annex 11 to EU GMP - Computerised Systems
2 source controls mapped|3 target controls covered
4%
UK Defence Standard 05-138 - Cyber Security for Defence Suppliers
2 source controls mapped|3 target controls covered
4%
IEC 62351 - Power Systems Communication Security
2 source controls mapped|2 target controls covered
4%
NIST Special Publication 800-34 Revision 1, Contingency Planning Guide for Federal Information Systems
2 source controls mapped|2 target controls covered
4%
FBI CJIS Security Policy
2 source controls mapped|3 target controls covered
4%
ISO/IEC 25012:2008 - Data Quality Model
2 source controls mapped|3 target controls covered
4%
Regulation on the European Health Data Space (EHDS)
2 source controls mapped|4 target controls covered
4%
ISO 22000:2018
2 source controls mapped|2 target controls covered
4%
Singapore AI Governance Framework
2 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
4%
Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights (VPs)
1 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
2%
US Maritime Transportation Security Act (MTSA) and USCG Cybersecurity Requirements
1 source controls mapped|2 target controls covered
2%
US EPA Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) - Cybersecurity Requirements
1 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
2%
Singapore Cybersecurity Act 2018
1 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
2%
Protective Security Policy Framework (PSPF) Release 2026
1 source controls mapped|3 target controls covered
2%
ISO 22320:2018
1 source controls mapped|3 target controls covered
2%
ITIL 4
1 source controls mapped|2 target controls covered
2%
FFIEC Cybersecurity Assessment Tool (CAT)
1 source controls mapped|3 target controls covered
2%
ISO 28001:2007 Supply Chain Security Management
1 source controls mapped|2 target controls covered
2%
ISO/IEC 20000-1:2018
1 source controls mapped|2 target controls covered
2%
ISO/IEC 30111:2019
1 source controls mapped|2 target controls covered
2%
IATA Operational Safety Audit (IOSA) Standards Manual
1 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
2%
Canada ITSG-33 - IT Security Risk Management
1 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
2%
APRA CPS 234
1 source controls mapped|2 target controls covered
2%
ISO 8000 - Data Quality
1 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
2%
Latvia Personal Data Processing Law (Fizisko personu datu apstrades likums, 2018)
1 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
2%
Section 508 - ICT Accessibility (Revised)
1 source controls mapped|2 target controls covered
2%
NIST Post-Quantum Cryptography Standards (FIPS 203, 204, 205)
1 source controls mapped|4 target controls covered
2%
FedRAMP Rev 5
1 source controls mapped|3 target controls covered
2%
ISO/IEC 23837:2023
1 source controls mapped|3 target controls covered
2%
FIDO2 / WebAuthn
1 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
2%
ISO/IEC 29115:2013 - Entity Authentication Assurance Framework
1 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
2%
ISO 22313:2020 - Guidance on Business Continuity Management Systems
1 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
2%
PCAOB AS 2201 - Audit of Internal Control Over Financial Reporting (ICFR)
1 source controls mapped|2 target controls covered
2%
SQF Code Edition 9 - Safe Quality Food
1 source controls mapped|2 target controls covered
2%
UAE Virtual Asset Regulatory Authority (VARA) Regulations
1 source controls mapped|2 target controls covered
2%
French Sapin II Law (Law No. 2016-1691)
1 source controls mapped|2 target controls covered
2%
ISO/IEC 27031:2011
1 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
2%
ISO/IEC 29147:2018
1 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
2%
South Korea Korea Internet Self-Governance Organisation (KISO) Code of Ethics
1 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
2%
ISO 26262:2018 - Functional Safety for Road Vehicles
1 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
2%
Kuwait National Cybersecurity Framework
1 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
2%
AML/CTF Act 2006 (Australia)
1 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
2%
ISO 26000:2010
1 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
2%
ISO/IEC 27003:2017
1 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
2%
IAIS Insurance Core Principles (ICPs)
1 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
2%
ISO 14001:2015
1 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
2%
ISO 45001:2018
1 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
2%
FedRAMP High
1 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
2%
FedRAMP Moderate
1 source controls mapped|1 target controls covered
2%
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What is Montana Consumer Data Privacy Act and who does it apply to?

Montana Consumer Data Privacy Act is a compliance framework from United States - Montana with 8 domains and 45 controls. Montana's comprehensive consumer privacy law (MCA 30-14-2801 to 30-14-2820), effective 1 October 2024 and amended from 1 October 2025, for businesses processing data of 25,000 Montana consumers, or 15,000 while earning over a quarter of revenue from selling data: access, correction, deletion, portability and opt-out rights with appeals, opt-out preference signals, privacy notice rules, minimisation, security, sensitive data and teen consent, processor contracts, data protection assessments, and threshold-free duties toward minors (duty of care, consent for targeting, design features, geolocation, messaging safeguards, minors' assessments). Attorney general enforcement with no cure period and up to 7,500 dollars per violation. Built from the Code's own text. It is used by organisations to establish and maintain compliance with industry standards and regulatory requirements.

What does Montana Consumer Data Privacy Act actually require?

Montana Consumer Data Privacy Act has 45 controls organised across 8 domains. The largest domains are 30-14-2812: controller duties and the privacy notice – Montana Consumer Data Privacy Act (13 controls), 30-14-2808: consumer rights, responses and appeals – Montana Consumer Data Privacy Act (11 controls), 30-14-2811: duties of controllers toward minors – Montana Consumer Data Privacy Act (7 controls). Each control defines specific requirements that organisations must implement to achieve compliance.

If I already comply with another framework, how much of Montana Consumer Data Privacy Act do I already cover?

Montana Consumer Data Privacy Act maps to 117 other compliance frameworks. The top mapping partners are Turkey KVKK (13% coverage), Privacy Act 1988 (Australia) (13% coverage), Malaysia PDPA 2010 (13% coverage). Use our comparison tool to explore control-level mappings between frameworks.

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