New Privacy Task Force Established By Connecticut AG’s Office

Connecticut Attorney General George Jepsen has announced the creation of a Privacy Task Force to help educate the public about data protection requirements and to focus his Office's response to Internet privacy concerns and data breaches that affect consumers. According to Attorney General Jepsen's press release, "Internet and data privacy have been among the biggest issues affecting the broad public interest during my first eight months in office" and nearly a dozen investigations have been initiated or pursued regarding security breaches that resulted in the loss of medical and insurance records or personal customer information.

Like nearly all states across the country, Connecticut has a data breach notification law. In addition, in 2010, the state's Insurance Commission adopted a set of data breach notification rules specific to its licensees.