Connecticut Privacy Law Adds Stitch to Confusing Legal Patchwork

Connecticut’s newly enacted consumer privacy law will mean a new headache for companies tasked with complying with similar, but not identical, compliance requirements across multiple states, attorneys say.

The law, signed by Gov. Ned Lamont (D) on May 10, gives Connecticut residents the right to opt out of the processing and sale of their personal data and the right to ask that it be deleted. It also requires companies to limit the collection of personal data to that which is “adequate, relevant, and reasonably necessary.”

The bulk of the law will take effect July 1, 2023.

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