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Introduced Act concerning online privacy, data and safety protections (SB 3)

On 4 January 2023, an Act concerning online privacy, data and safety protections and an employer’s duty to disclose known instances of sexual harassment or assault committed by an employee when making employment recommendations (SB 3) was introduced to the Connecticut General Assembly. Under the Act, businesses would be required to protect consumer health data by imposing several measures. In particular, only relevant employees and processors to whom the user has given consent may access the health data and the processing may only be constrained to a specific purpose or service that the consumer has requested. In addition, geofencing to track and identify health data is prohibited. The Act also revises disclosure requirements relating to warrants directed to providers of electronic communication services and remote computing services. Furthermore, the Act contains provisions for minor data: a social media platform is required to delete a social media account of a minor if such a request is received from the minor (or the minor's guardians if they are younger than sixteen years of age) and cease processing the personal data associated with the account. As for workplace obligations, employers are required to disclose any knowledge it has of any sexual harassment or sexual assault committed in the workplace. The duty to disclose this information expires one year after the employer was informed of the incident.

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Scope

Policy Area
Data governance
Policy Instrument
Data protection regulation
Regulated Economic Activity
infrastructure provider: cloud computing, storage and databases
Implementation Level
subnational
Government Branch
legislature
Government Body
parliament

Complete timeline of this policy change

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2023-01-04
under deliberation

On 4 January 2023, an Act concerning online privacy, data and safety protections and an employer’s …

2023-05-11
under deliberation

On 11 May 2023, an Act concerning online privacy, data and safety protections and an employer’s dut…

2023-06-02
adopted

On 2 June 2023, an Act concerning online privacy, data and safety protections and an employer’s dut…

2023-06-26
adopted

On 26 June 2023, the Act Concerning Online Privacy, Data and Safety Protections (SB 3/Act 23-56) wa…

2023-07-01
in force

On 1 July 2023, the Act Concerning Online Privacy, Data and Safety Protections (SB 3/Act 23-56) ent…

2024-10-01
in force

On 1 October 2024, the provisions regarding minor protection under the Act Concerning Online Privac…