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Connecticut Attorney General Issues Report on Data Privacy Act Enforcement; Offers Legislative Recommendations

Hinckley Allen on 3/25/2024

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

Bad Medicine: 5 Lessons from the Connecticut AG’s Report on CTDPA Cure Notices

Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP on 2/15/2024

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

Preparing for Change: 2024 Brings Bevy of New Privacy Laws

McDermott Will & Emery on 1/11/2024

CALIFORNIA - On March 29, 2024, the amended California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) regulations will take effect. These regulations were originally slated to take effect in 2023, but a court ruling (that is being appealed)...more

Update: Examining State Attorneys General

Jenner & Block on 12/13/2023

Leading consumer brands are facing increased and often highly politicized scrutiny from state attorneys general and other state regulators. The landscape of state AG complaints, investigations, and litigation is evolving...more

Are You Ready for the 3Cs?: California, Colorado, and Connecticut’s New Privacy Laws Become Enforceable July 1, 2023

Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati on 6/29/2023

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

Connecticut Privacy Law: What Businesses Need to Know

Kohrman Jackson & Krantz LLP on 6/1/2022

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

Def-Conn 5: Connecticut Becomes the Fifth State to Adopt a General Privacy Law

Wyrick Robbins Yates & Ponton LLP on 5/19/2022

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’s Privacy Law Signed by Governor

Robinson+Cole Health Law Diagnosis on 5/13/2022

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 Set to Enact Comprehensive Consumer Privacy Law

Jenner & Block on 5/6/2022

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

New Connecticut Law Incentivizes Adoption of Cybersecurity Standards

Fox Rothschild LLP on 11/2/2021

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

Connecticut Enacts New Cybersecurity Safe Harbor

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 7/23/2021

Connecticut recently enacted cybersecurity legislation that provides a safe harbor for businesses that implement a written cybersecurity program. Under the legislation, set to go in effect on October 1, 2021, punitive damages...more

Connecticut Enacts Safe Harbor From Punitive Damages In Data Breach Cases

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 7/23/2021

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

Connecticut Passes Stronger Data Breach Notification and Cybersecurity Liability Statutes

Troutman Pepper on 7/20/2021

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

Meet Connecticut's New Cybersecurity Law

ArentFox Schiff on 7/2/2021

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

Privacy Bill Essentials: Proposed Connecticut Consumer Privacy Act (S.B. 893)

Hinshaw & Culbertson - Privacy, Cyber & AI... on 4/21/2021

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

Another Cybersecurity Wake Up Call: Connecticut Insurance Department Issues Guidance on Cyber Law Set to go Into Effect

Hinshaw & Culbertson - Consumer Crossroads on 8/3/2020

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

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