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Committee hears competing views on update to Connecticut Data Privacy Act; advocates push stricter limits on data collection
Summary
Connecticut's General Law Committee heard extensive testimony on a proposed update to the state's data privacy law that would narrow data collection allowed under privacy policies and expand definitions of sensitive data.
Connecticut's General Law Committee heard extensive testimony on Senate Bill 13 56, a proposed update to the Connecticut Data Privacy Act (CTDPA) that would revise data-minimization rules, change definitions of sensitive data, and adjust age- and knowledge-related standards for children’s online protections.
Privacy advocates urged a stricter approach. Katrina Fitzgerald of the Electronic Privacy Information Center told lawmakers that the current law allows too broad data collection because companies can simply list broad purposes in privacy policies. "The privacy policy could simply say that they're gonna collect and use my data for marketing purposes, which tells me nothing," Fitzgerald said in testimony, urging a Maryland-style standard that limits collection to what is…
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