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Virtual data rooms in Idaho

Virtual data rooms for Idaho firms

Idaho has 1,841 real estate offices, 1,101 accounting and tax firms, 871 law offices and 670 securities and investment firms with paid employees. Our read of its breach notice rule covers notice after a misuse finding and the most expedient time possible. ShareAndGo is a virtual data room for the documents these firms share during deals, audits and legal matters.

The firms that share confidential documents in Idaho

County Business Patterns counted 58,100 employer establishments in Idaho in 2023. Measured per person against the 50 states and DC, Idaho ranks 3rd for offices of real estate agents and brokers, at 93.4 per 100,000, 5th for accounting, tax, bookkeeping and payroll firms, at 55.9, and 27th for securities and investment firms, at 34.0. Its 871 law offices, 44.2 per 100,000, rank 24th.

These are mostly small businesses. 666 of the state's law offices and 576 of its securities and investment firms have fewer than five employees.

  • Offices of lawyers: 871
  • Accounting, tax preparation, bookkeeping and payroll services: 1,101
  • Securities and investment firms: 670
  • Corporate and regional managing offices: 201
  • Offices of real estate agents and brokers: 1,841

Where those firms are

The Boise City, ID metro has 402 of Idaho's 871 law offices, 46 percent, and our Boise page goes through its figures in detail. Coeur d'Alene follows with 95 and Idaho Falls with 91.

By county, Ada County leads with 339 law offices, ahead of Kootenai County (95), Bonneville County (89) and Twin Falls County (56). Those four hold 66 percent of the state's total.

What sets Boise apart

Specialty trade contractors is the sector that most marks out Boise, at 2,930 establishments and 2.0 times the national share; wood products manufacturing (78, 2.0 times) and agriculture and forestry support services (55, 1.6 times) come next.

How Idaho compares

The Census Bureau estimated Idaho's population at 2,001,619 in July 2024, up 8.8 percent from the April 2020 base of 1,839,140.

On law offices per 100,000 residents, Idaho sits next to Washington at 44.4 and West Virginia at 43.8, against 44.2 here. Across the 50 states and DC the combined rate is 49.1.

Small offices make up 76 percent of the state's law offices, against 72 percent across the 50 states and DC.

Idaho's breach notice rule

Idaho Code § 28-51-105 sets the duty to disclose a breach of computerized personal information, and § 28-51-104 supplies the definitions.

In Idaho, notice to residents follows an investigation. If the investigation determines that misuse of information about an Idaho resident has occurred or is reasonably likely to occur, the agency, individual or commercial entity shall give notice as soon as possible to the affected resident.

The statute then adds that notice must be made "in the most expedient time possible and without unreasonable delay." No day count is set.

The 24-hour rule is for agencies

Idaho has a fast Attorney General notice, but it is written for agencies: when an agency becomes aware of a breach, it must notify the office of the Idaho attorney general within twenty-four (24) hours of discovery.

That provision applies to city, county and state agencies. No regulator notice for businesses appears in § 28-51-105. A private company reading the section should not mistake the agency rule for its own.

Our Idaho breach notification page sets out the data elements and the rule in full, and says which text we checked. This is general information, not legal advice.

What a ShareAndGo room gives an Idaho team

For documents you share through ShareAndGo, the activity log records every view and download, and watermarked view-only pages carry the reader's email address and the date.

Watermarks are on by default and set per data room. Recipients confirm their email with a six-digit code and need no account. Because the chained log records each view, upload, download, invitation and change, and exports as CSV, a business can show which confirmed readers opened a file in a room and when. That is the factual groundwork any investigation into a shared room needs.

The courts and regulators behind Idaho paperwork

Federal cases from Idaho are heard in the U.S. District Court for the District of Idaho. CPAs practicing in Idaho are licensed by the Idaho State Board of Accountancy.

Idaho FAQ

How many law offices are there in Idaho?
County Business Patterns 2023 counted 871 offices of lawyers with paid employees in Idaho, 666 of them with fewer than five employees. Ada County has the most, 339.
Must a business notify the Idaho Attorney General?
The 24-hour Attorney General notice in § 28-51-105 is written for agencies. No regulator notice for businesses appears in the section.
Is a business required to notify if data was not misused?
Notice is owed if the investigation determines misuse has occurred or is reasonably likely to occur.
Do people I share documents with need an account?
No. Readers confirm their email with a six-digit code, with no account to create.

Idaho metros

Boise, ID

Data rooms for Boise's 402 law offices and 453 accounting, tax, bookkeeping and payroll firms, with audit trails and view-only access.

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Idaho data breach notification law

About the figures on our location pages