Connecticut Data Privacy Act

I spent the week in Washington, DC, attending two privacy- and public policy-focused events and I have a single takeaway from both: Enforcement. Is. Coming.

U.S. state privacy laws are multiplying at a dizzying rate. Here are the key points to know for the collection and processing of sensitive information for the rest of 2023.

We’re about to see a lot more enforcement against dark patterns from the Federal Trade Commission and on a state level. Holding companies to account for using deceptive language that pushes people into sharing their data has largely fallen to the FTC, but now, US privacy laws are starting to mention dark patterns too.

While the seemingly relentless passage of state data privacy legislation may seem daunting, most of these laws follow patterns. In short, if you’re gearing up for compliance with the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act, the Colorado Privacy Act or the California Privacy Rights Act, you’ll be well-positioned for the new Utah and Connecticut laws, too, according to Davis+Gilbert lawyers Richard Eisert and Zachary Klein.

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Here’s today’s AdExchanger.com news round-up… Want it by email? Sign up here. Disconnecticut Connecticut has become the fifth state to pass a data privacy law. The Connecticut Data Privacy Act (CTDPA), effective July 2023, follows in the footsteps of California, Colorado, Virginia and Utah in setting statewide safety rails around consumer data collection. Like its predecessors, […]