The Two Letters
One says your information was taken, the other is the one you send before you can sue
A letter arrives. A company you used two months ago says your details were in a breach it discovered seven weeks ago.
Two things a person in this spot might do. Picking one shows what the law says about it.
What counts as personal information, the forms a breach notice may take, the federal charge process and its work sharing arrangement, housing and public accommodation charges, and what tolls either period are not walked here. Nothing on this page says whether a particular incident was a breach the section reaches or whether time has run on a particular claim.
A practice walkthrough, not a prediction of how any real one will go. Legal information, not legal advice.
Words this turns on
2 words · tap one for its definition
Terms with a legal meaning that is narrower than the everyday one. Each links to the definition and the authority behind it.
- DiscoveryThe exchange of evidence between the parties in a criminal case. On receipt of a written demand the prosecuting attorney provides the categories the rule lists, including statements, records, lab results and officer reports.
- Exhausting the administrative remedyTaking a complaint through the agency the statute names before taking it to court. Since the fifteenth of April 2021 a person alleging employment discrimination files a charge with the Ohio Civil Rights Commission and completes that process before bringing a civil action about the same practice.