Data Privacy Unlocked, A Second Conversation with State Senator James Maroney of Connecticut
Connecticut has made changes to its privacy law, including lower thresholds, exemptions updates, new categories of sensitive data, expanded consumer rights, and more....more
On June 25, Connecticut Governor Lamont signed Senator James Maroney’s SB 1295 into law. The bill makes several notable changes to Connecticut’s existing consumer data privacy law, including modifying its applicability...more
On June 11, 2025, Connecticut passed Senate Bill 01295 (SB 01295). If signed by the governor, SB 01295 will amend the existing Connecticut Data Privacy Act (CTDPA) in several important ways, with the amendments going into...more
Effective September 15, 2024, the Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection (DCP) has announced a series of updates to its cannabis policies and procedures. These changes, spanning everything from lab testing to licensing...more
On February 1, 2024, the Connecticut Office of the Attorney General (the “OAG”) issued a report mandated by the Connecticut Data Privacy Act (the “CTDPA”), Conn. Gen. Stat. § 42-515 et seq. (the “Report”), which Report is...more
On February 1, 2024, the Connecticut Office of the Attorney General (“OAG”) issued a Report to the General Assembly’s General Law Committee (“Report”), summarizing the OAG’s enforcement efforts during six months since the...more
New York State and Connecticut have recently enacted laws that prohibit “geofencing” near health care facilities. The New York State law took effect on July 2, 2023, and Connecticut’s on October 1, 2023. These geofencing...more
Summer 2023 gave us a blast of new and distinctive consumer health data privacy legislation. The Washington legislature could not wait to start showing off and splashing around in the summer sun by passing the country’s...more
On July 1, 2023, the Colorado Privacy Act (ColoPA) and Connecticut Data Privacy Act (CTDPA) will go into effect, joining California and Virginia, whose data privacy laws are already in effect. Notably, while the California...more
While the federal government attempts to move forward with a more uniform national law, Connecticut joined California, Colorado, Utah, and Virginia in passing a comprehensive consumer privacy law....more
CONNECTICUT BECOMES THE FIFTH STATE TO PASS CONSUMER PRIVACY LEGISLATION - Connecticut passed An Act Concerning Personal Data Privacy and Online Monitoring (CPDPA) on May 10, 2022. The CPDPA becomes effective on July 1,...more
On May 10, Connecticut joined other states by passing a state consumer data privacy law. This law gives Connecticut consumers more control over what companies can do with personal data collected from Connecticut consumers....more
On May 10, 2022, Connecticut, following Utah, California, Virginia, and Colorado, became the fifth state to adopt a comprehensive consumer data privacy law. On May 10, 2022, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamot signed "An Act...more
Remember when we used to describe U.S. privacy regulation to our European colleagues as “sectoral” and thus limited to specific industries or circumstances—banking, healthcare, certain employment issues, identity theft, etc.?...more
This week, on Tuesday May 10, 2022, Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont approved Connecticut Senate Bill 6, an Act Concerning Personal Data Privacy and Online Monitoring (the "Connecticut Privacy Act"). Governor Lamont’s approval...more
Connecticut recently became the fifth state with a comprehensive consumer privacy law when Governor Ned Lamont signed An Act Concerning Personal Data Privacy and Online Monitoring, which we will refer to as the Connecticut...more
Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont signed the Personal Data Privacy and Online Monitoring Act (CPDPA) into law on May 10, 2022, making Connecticut the most recent state to pass its own privacy law in the absence of comprehensive...more
Connecticut became the fifth U.S. state to enact a comprehensive consumer privacy law following California, Virginia, Colorado, and Utah. On May 10, 2022, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont signed "An Act Concerning Personal...more
Connecticut is poised to become the fifth state to pass comprehensive consumer privacy legislation, after California, Virginia, Colorado, and Utah. Senate Bill 6, the Connecticut Data Privacy Act (“CTDPA”), passed the...more
Following a near unanimous vote in the Connecticut House, Connecticut is set to become the fifth state to pass comprehensive privacy legislation. With the addition of the Connecticut Data Privacy Act (CTDPA), Connecticut...more
Keypoint: Subject to the Governor’s approval, Connecticut will become the fifth state to pass a broad consumer privacy act with a bill that is comparable to the Colorado Privacy Act....more
Keypoint: Connecticut moves one step closer to enacting consumer data privacy legislation with a bill generally modeled on the Colorado Privacy Act....more
In July, Connecticut passed a largely unnoticed new law that followed in the footsteps of Ohio and Utah in limiting damages or creating affirmative defenses for business that experience a data breach after implementing a...more
Update: Like several other state privacy bills introduced this year, SB 893 died in chamber. Connecticut is the latest state to introduce consumer privacy legislation. If enacted, the Connecticut Act Concerning...more