What is the Ohio Data Protection Act (Senate Bill 220)? | UpGuard

**Executive summary:** This article explains Ohio's Senate Bill 220 (Ohio Data Protection Act), an incentive-based law that grants legal safe harbor to organizations that implement and maintain written cybersecurity programs aligned with industry-recognized frameworks (including PCI-DSS). It details covered entities, definitions of personal and restricted information, the limitations of the safe harbor (it does not provide blanket immunity or cover contract disputes), contrasts the law with other state privacy regimes, highlights potential impacts of proposed legislation (House Bill 376), and includes promotional references to UpGuard's cybersecurity and vendor risk products.