Legislative Alert: Enhanced Privacy Protections Signed Into Law In Connecticut

Connecticut is part of the steady stream of states enacting more complicated and demanding data privacy and cybersecurity laws in 2021. The state joins Colorado and California in adding both a new privacy law and a new cybersecurity law. 

More Privacy Provisions - An Act Concerning Data Privacy Breaches 

The Connecticut legislature approved An Act Concerning Data Privacy Breaches (the Privacy Act) earlier this year. The “Statement of Purpose” for the Privacy Act is “[t]o expand the data privacy breach notification statute to protect consumers.” The Privacy Act was championed by Connecticut's Attorney General and signed into law by Governor Ned Lamont on June 16, 2021. The new law, typical of all recent similar legislation, adds new burdens for organizations suffering data security incidents.