Your Rights as a Connecticut Resident

The Connecticut Data Privacy Act provides residents with comprehensive control over their personal information held by businesses. These rights apply to any business that meets the law’s coverage thresholds and processes your data.

• Right to know and access: You can request to know what personal data a business has collected about you, how it’s being used, and who it’s shared with. You also have the right to access and receive a copy of your personal data [1][2][13].
• Right to correct: You can request that businesses correct any inaccurate personal information they maintain about you [1][2][13].
• Right to delete: You have the right to request deletion of your personal data, including data collected about you from other sources, not just data you provided directly [1][2][13].
• Right to opt out: You can opt out of the sale of your personal data, targeted advertising, and certain profiling activities that may have legal or significant effects on you [1][2][13].
• Right to data portability: You can request to receive your personal data in a common, machine-readable format that allows you to transfer it to another service [1][2][13].
• Right to consent for sensitive data: Businesses must obtain your explicit opt-in consent before processing sensitive data, which includes information about your race, religion, health, sexual orientation, precise location, and biometric data [1][2][13].
• Right to non-discrimination: Businesses cannot discriminate against you for exercising any of your privacy rights, such as denying services or charging different prices [1][13].

Connecticut’s law includes particularly strong protections for minors, requiring parental consent for processing data of children under 13 and additional protections for teens under 18, including restrictions on targeted advertising [8][10][13].

Official Resources and Contact Information

Connecticut Legislature

For information about privacy legislation and to contact your representatives about privacy issues, visit the Connecticut General Assembly website at https://www.cga.ct.gov. You can find your specific state legislators using your address at https://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/menu/cgafindleg.asp [16][17].

To contact legislators by phone, you can call the appropriate legislative caucus office [18]:

• Senate Democrats: 1-800-842-1420
• Senate Republicans: 1-800-842-1421
• House Democrats: 1-800-842-1902
• House Republicans: 1-800-842-1423

Connecticut Attorney General

The Connecticut Attorney General’s office enforces the CTDPA and handles consumer privacy complaints. While specific contact information for privacy-related complaints should be obtained from their official website, general consumer protection inquiries can be directed through their established channels.

Governor’s Office

To contact the Governor’s office about privacy policy issues:

• Hartford area: (860) 566-4840
• Toll-free: (800) 406-1527

Consumer Protection Resources

The Connecticut Department of Consumer Protection handles various consumer issues and can be contacted at (860) 713-6050. For complaints, email DCP.complaints@ct.gov [19][20].

Federal Resources

For federal privacy and consumer protection issues, Senator Richard Blumenthal’s office provides consumer affairs assistance and can be reached at (860) 258-6940 for urgent matters [21].

For general questions about the Connecticut General Assembly, contact the Office of Legislative Management at (860) 240-0100 [16].

Sources and Citations

Last Updated August 2025. Written with contributions from both human authors and Perplexity AI. If you find incorrect or outdated information let us know at support@optery.com.