Data Privacy Unlocked, A Second Conversation with State Senator James Maroney of Connecticut
While website privacy notices are now commonplace – and consumers might only skim them – a recent settlement highlights the importance of staying vigilant about complying with applicable consumer privacy laws. The Connecticut...more
Congress has passed the budget reconciliation package known as the “One Big Beautiful Bill” (H.R.1) without the controversial moratorium on state and local artificial intelligence (AI) laws originally included in the House...more
Connecticut has made changes to its privacy law, including lower thresholds, exemptions updates, new categories of sensitive data, expanded consumer rights, and more....more
We have written about the General Assembly’s Labor and Public Employees Committee’s final flurry of activity approving and advancing bills out of committee. ...more
On June 26, 2023, Connecticut Governor Ned Lamont signed into law Public Act 23-129: “An Act Concerning Liability for False and Fraudulent Claims” (the Act). The Act expands application of Connecticut’s False Claims 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
Effective October 1, 2021, Connecticut becomes the third state with a data breach litigation “safe harbor” law (Public Act No. 21-119), joining Utah and Ohio. In short, the Connecticut law prohibits courts in the state from...more
Introduction - The Connecticut legislature recently enacted a pair of new data breach and cybersecurity statutes — Public Act 21-59 and Public Act 21-119 — on June 16 and July 6, respectively. Both laws will take effect on...more
Although the Connecticut legislature was not successful in passing a privacy law similar to those passed in California, Colorado and Virginia, on June 24, 2021, the “Act Incentivizing The Adoption Of Cybersecurity Standards...more
Connecticut became the 19th state to legalize cannabis for adult use when Governor Ned Lamont signed SB 1202 into law on June 22, 2021. In addition to creating a legal and regulated adult-use cannabis program, updates were...more
State legislatures across the nation are prioritizing privacy and security matters, and Connecticut is no exception. This week, Connecticut Attorney General William Tong announced the passage of An Act Concerning Data Privacy...more
Prolonged work-from-home status for employees who live in a different jurisdiction than their assigned office can generate new tax and employment law compliance obligations for employers. Employers with employees who...more
Covered entities received two cybersecurity wake up calls from insurance regulators this month. As we have reported, the New York State Department of Financial Services (DFS) issued its long-awaited first cyber enforcement...more