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Connecticut Makes Five: The Constitution State Enacts Broad Data Privacy Law Effective July 2023

Data Matters

Carves out personal data processed solely for payments from definition of persons subject to the law – Persons subject to the law are defined with reference to the volume of data processed about Connecticut residents, as we have seen in other laws. Data in Scope – The Majority Approach.

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Data privacy examples

IBM Big Data Hub

These are just some examples of how organizations support data privacy , the principle that people should have control of their personal data, including who can see it, who can collect it, and how it can be used. One cannot overstate the importance of data privacy for businesses today.

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Another fine for over-retention of data

Data Protection Report

A third regulator has recently entered into a proposed consent that includes a $500,000 fine based in part on a company’s over-retention of personal data for longer than it was needed. The first regulator was the French data protection authority, the CNIL, in 2021, which we wrote about here.

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Data protection strategy: Key components and best practices

IBM Big Data Hub

Government regulations, such as the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), and industry regulations, such as the Health Insurance Portability and Accounting Act (HIPAA), oblige companies to protect their customers’ personal data. Failure to comply with these data protection laws can result in hefty fines.

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Privacy in an open-data world: Why government agencies need to be proactive

Collibra

As more of our interactions and transactions occur online, the need for robust data protection measures becomes increasingly critical to safeguard personal data and maintain public trust in government institutions. There’s no going back.

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China’s PIPL has finally arrived, and brings helpful clarification (rather than substantial change) to China’s data privacy framework

DLA Piper Privacy Matters

Instead the PIPL is a robust data privacy framework designed to safeguard individuals’ personal data against abuse, but at the same time to reflect cultural and business attitudes to data in China, as well as new technologies (including advances in AI, biometrics and data analytics), and to enable flows of personal data.

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California Enacts Broad Privacy Laws Modeled on GDPR

Data Matters

According to the bill’s author, it was consciously designed to emulate the new European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) that went into effect on May 25, and if and when it goes into effect, it would constitute the broadest privacy law in the United States. Right to Prevent or “Opt Out” of the Sale of Personal Information.

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