Data Privacy

Connecticut lawmakers want to expand the state’s data privacy laws to include the data collected by your connected vehicle.

Beginning Jan. 1, Connecticut residents can install a browser extension to save their preferences across all websites.

The Connecticut data privacy bill would require companies to tell consumers what data is being collected, how it’s being used and why.

The bill, which would allow consumers to know what personal information is collected, used, shared or sold by online businesses, failed to win approval in the General Assembly last year.

The City of New Haven, Connecticut will pay over $200,000 to the federal government after a data breach that compromised the personal information of…