When Do the New State Privacy Laws Go into Effect?

Connecticut Passes America’s Fifth Data Privacy Law

The momentum of states passing their own privacy laws is showing no signs of slowing down. The Connecticut legislature recently passed the Connecticut Data Privacy Act (CTDPA), which was then signed into law by Governor Ned Lamont. A trend that began with Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and then the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) seems to be picking up pace—the CTDPA is the second such state law passed just in the first half of 2022, following right on the heels of...