Connecticut’s New Law on Consumer Health Data Is Now in Effect—Here’s What You Should Know

Connecticut is the latest state to establish wide-ranging privacy protections for consumer health data and the first to weave such protections into a preexisting comprehensive consumer privacy law. The new law, S.B. 3, amends the Connecticut Data Privacy Act (CTDPA), which took effect July 1, to include obligations and restrictions on processing, sharing and selling consumer health data that is not otherwise regulated by the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)….
By: Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP