---
title: "Decide which entity notifies when personal information is held for another business"
url: "https://ailawframework.com/practice/technology-media-and-telecommunications-it-contracts/decide-which-entity-assesses-a-breach-of-shared-information/united-states"
type: "task_jurisdiction_version"
site: "AI Law Framework"
id: "A24-SF20261022-12-US"
practice_area: "Technology, Media & Telecommunications / IT Contracts"
tier: "yellow"
lawyer_review: "required"
jurisdictions: ["US"]
last_reviewed: "2026-10-22"
---

# Decide which entity notifies when personal information is held for another business

> Identify who collected the information, who stores it, and whose customers the people are.…

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Last reviewed: 2026-10-22

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## Key facts

| Fact | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Practice area | [Technology, Media & Telecommunications / IT Contracts](https://ailawframework.com/practice/technology-media-and-telecommunications-it-contracts.md) |
| Human involvement | Yellow: Lawyer and AI draft together |
| How AI is used | Identify who collected the information, who stores it, and whose customers the people are. Quote the contract clause that allocates notice, then set it beside the FTC guide's instruction to notify the business on whose behalf the information was held. |
| What the lawyer must review | The United States pages opened here do not appoint one party as the assessor of a shared breach the way the Australian scheme does. The FTC guide says a business that collects or stores personal information on behalf of other businesses should notify those businesses of the breach, and should notify the institution that maintains an account if account-access information was stolen from a business that does not itself maintain the account. California's page places the resident-notice duty on the person or business in the circumstances section 1798.82(a) describes. The lawyer decides which entity has the state-law duty and whether the contract changes who sends the notice, not whether the duty exists. |
| Written for | United States |
| Applies to | [Decide which entity assesses a breach of shared information](https://ailawframework.com/practice/technology-media-and-telecommunications-it-contracts/decide-which-entity-assesses-a-breach-of-shared-information.md) |

## Checking plan

- What the AI does: Identify who collected the information, who stores it, and whose customers the people are. Quote the contract clause that allocates notice, then set it beside the FTC guide's instruction to notify the business on whose behalf the information was held.
- Basis: Checked against the linked sources on 22 October 2026. Confirm the current instrument before reliance.

## Notes

- A service provider's contract does not erase a state notice duty that the statute places on the business.
- Health-record breaches can bring in the FTC Health Breach Notification Rule or the HIPAA rule. Check those only when the information is health information.

## Sources

- [Data Breach Response: A Guide for Business](https://www.ftc.gov/business-guidance/resources/data-breach-response-guide-business) (checked 2026-10-22)
- [California Attorney General: Data Security Breach Reporting](https://oag.ca.gov/privacy/databreach/reporting) (checked 2026-10-22)

*Practice guidance for planning and review. Confirm current primary sources and the requirements of the actual matter. This is general information, not legal advice.*