Connecticut Is Latest State to Broaden Its Online Privacy Law

Connecticut consumers will have more control over how businesses treat information about their health and the data of youth under 18 years old through an expansion of the state’s consumer privacy law.

Lawmakers added the new requirements to the Connecticut Data Privacy Act, which took effect July 1 to provide people with rights over their personal information that include accessing and correcting what companies collect. The amendments related to health data are already in effect while youth and other provisions will come online in 2024.

The action by Connecticut lawmakers reflects growing concerns about safeguarding additional categories of...