Focal Point Blog What You Need to Know About the Connecticut Data Privacy Act (CTDPA)

The privacy landscape in the U.S. is slowly getting more complex as Connecticut officially becomes the fifth state to enact a comprehensive consumer privacy regulation. On May 10, 2022, the Connecticut governor signed An Act Concerning Personal Data Privacy and Online Monitoring into law, otherwise known as the Connecticut Data Privacy Act (CTDPA). The CTDPA shares many similarities with the privacy laws of four other states (California, Virginia, Colorado, and Utah), but has the most in common with Virginia’s CDPA and Colorado’s CPA, which tend to be more consumer oriented. The CTDPA is set to go into effect on July 1, 2023, alongside the new Colorado privacy law.