Arkansas Data Privacy & Data Broker Removal

Arkansas has a comprehensive privacy law that gives you the right to access, delete, and control your personal data. Here is how those rights work in practice and how to remove yourself from data brokers.

Your rights in Arkansas

Arkansas residents are protected by the Arkansas Personal Data Protection Act (APDPA).

• Right to Access & Know — Request a copy of the personal information a company holds about you.
• Right to Correct — Request corrections to inaccurate personal information.
• Right to Delete — Ask a company to delete your personal information.
• Right to Data Portability — Get your data in a portable format you can take to another service.
• Right to Opt Out of Sale — Tell a company to stop selling your personal information.
• Right to Opt Out of Targeted Advertising — Stop companies from targeting you with ads based on your personal data.
• Right to Opt Out of Profiling — Stop companies from building a behavioral profile about you.
• Right to Appeal — Challenge a company's decision to deny your privacy request.

Does this cover the company that has my data?

Most companies that collect or sell personal data in Arkansas are likely covered.

Persons conducting business in Arkansas or targeting Arkansas residents that, during a calendar year, control or process the personal data of 25,000+ consumers And derive more than 50% of gross revenue from the sale of personal data; or control/process the personal data of 100,000+ consumers (verify against the enacted text — Arkansas's thresholds are framed somewhat differently from the Virginia template). Exempts Hipaa-covered entities, Glba financial institutions, nonprofits, higher education, and Ferpa-governed data.

How to remove yourself from data brokers in Arkansas

Your state law gives you the right to request deletion — but exercising it across hundreds of brokers takes real effort. Here are the most effective steps, in order.

1. Enable Global Privacy Control

Global Privacy Control is a free browser setting that automatically tells every website you visit not to sell or share your data. It takes two minutes to enable and works silently in the background on every site. Arkansas does not mandate it yet, but most major companies honor it voluntarily because they must comply with California's law anyway.

2. Submit direct opt-out requests

For brokers not covered by the registry or GPC, you can submit requests directly. Look for the "Do Not Sell My Personal Information" link in each company's website footer — most major brokers have one. You can also submit formal access, deletion, or correction requests through each company's privacy policy page.

Under Arkansas's law, covered companies must respond within the statutory deadline. If they don't, you have grounds to file a complaint with the Arkansas Attorney General.

3. Automate ongoing removal

Here is the part nobody tells you: even after you complete every step above, brokers re-ingest your information from public records, data-sharing networks, and commercial databases. Within a few months, your profiles reappear. Staying removed from hundreds of brokers is not a one-time task — it is an ongoing commitment that most people cannot maintain manually.

Arkansas's data broker law: what it means for you

Arkansas does not have a dedicated data-broker registry. Most national data brokers are registered in California and honor opt-out requests from residents of any state — but without a Arkansas-specific law requiring it, you have no legal recourse if a broker ignores your request. Services like Delist handle this across states and brokers in one place.

Other privacy protections in Arkansas

Beyond the comprehensive privacy law, Arkansas has additional protections that may apply to you:

• ACTOPPA (HB 1717 / Act 952, effective July 1, 2026) extends COPPA-style protections to teens aged 13–16.
• Breach notification under the Arkansas Personal Information Protection Act (Ark. Code Ann. § 4-110-101 et seq.).
• Address Confidentiality Program for DV survivors administered by the Arkansas Secretary of State.
• No Daniel's-Law-style statute identified.

How to file a privacy complaint in Arkansas

Arkansas Attorney General, Public Protection Division — https://arkansasag.gov/divisions/public-protection/

Most state agencies enforce privacy laws in the aggregate — they investigate patterns of violations rather than resolving individual disputes. Filing a complaint still matters: it creates a record that helps trigger enforcement actions.

Frequently asked questions

Sources

• kukie.io
• recordinglaw.com
• dataguidance.com