{"id":285406,"date":"2026-07-03T08:30:00","date_gmt":"2026-07-03T12:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/03\/data-privacy-bill-goes-into-effect-tong-issues-guidance\/"},"modified":"2026-07-03T14:45:08","modified_gmt":"2026-07-03T18:45:08","slug":"data-privacy-bill-goes-into-effect-tong-issues-guidance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news-you-need.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/03\/data-privacy-bill-goes-into-effect-tong-issues-guidance\/","title":{"rendered":"Data privacy bill goes into effect, Tong issues guidance"},"content":{"rendered":"

Data privacy bill goes into effect, Tong issues guidance<\/a><\/p>\n

https:\/\/insideinvestigator.org\/data-privacy-bill-goes-into-effect-tong-issues-guidance\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Publish Date: 2026-07-03 08:30:00<\/a><\/p>\n

Source Domain: insideinvestigator.org<\/a><\/p>\n

by Brandon Whiting, Inside Investigator
July 3, 2026<\/p>\n

Yesterday, Attorney General William Tong released additional guidance to inform consumers and companies operating in Connecticut of adjustments made to the Connecticut Data Privacy Act (CTDPA), which went into effect on July 1st.<\/p>\n

“For too long, Big Tech has treated our children like social media cash cows,” said Tong. “Connecticut is now taking matters into our own hands with protections that limit harmful data collection, curb addictive features, and give families the control they need to keep children safe online.”<\/p>\n

Last summer, the General Assembly passed SB 1295, a bill that made several amendments to the CTDPA, which originally passed in 2022. Many of these changes focus on child safety; as of July 1, it is now illegal to sell or process minors’ personal data for the use of targeted advertising, use addictive design features to “significantly increase, sustain or extend any minor’s use of such online service, product or feature,” or collect minors’ precise geolocation data unless necessary to the function of the product or service (e.g. a maps service). <\/p>\n

Additionally, companies must obtain consent before processing a minor’s personal data for profiling. The CTDPA defines profiling as being “any form of automated processing performed on personal data to evaluate, analyze or predict personal aspects related to an identified or identifiable individual’s economic situation, health, personal preferences, interests, reliability, behavior, location or movements.”Direct messaging apps must also include default settings preventing adults from sending uninvited messages to minors.<\/p>\n

As of July 1, the CTDPA will now apply to more businesses than ever before; before SB 1295’s passage, the CTDPA only applied to businesses that controlled or processed the personal data of at least 100,000 consumers, or those that controlled or processed the data of at least 25,000 consumers and derived more than 25% of their gross…<\/p>\n

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