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Connecticut
Communications Consumer Privacy Act
Conn. Gen. Stat. 53-420 to 53-422
In force.
An interception and recording consent rule binding private bodies.
- Enforcement body
- A private action by a person injured by a violation (Conn. Gen. Stat. 53-422(b)).
- Instrument type
- an act of a legislature
- Obligation class
- Consent, Prohibition
As of .
What it requires
- This binds a communications company, meaning any person or organization which owns, controls, operates or manages any company which provides information or entertainment electronically to a household, including a cable or community antenna television system (section 53-421).
- Do not install and use any equipment which would allow you to visually observe or listen to what is occurring in the household of an individual subscriber without the knowledge or permission of the subscriber (section 53-422(a)(1)).
- Do not provide any person or public or private organization with a list containing the name of a subscriber unless you give the subscriber notice and the subscriber does not object, or the recipient is acting as your agent, servant or employee (section 53-422(a)(2)).
- Do not disclose the television viewing habits of any individual subscriber without the consent of the subscriber (section 53-422(a)(3)).
- Do not install or maintain a home-protection scanning device in a dwelling as part of a communication service without the express written consent of the occupant (section 53-422(a)(4)).
These lines are LexLint's reading of the law's text, as of .
If you get it wrong
Private right of actionYes
Penalty structure
A communications company that violates the section is fined not more than ten thousand dollars for each violation.
- Rule
- Per violation only
- As of
- Currency
- USD
- Per violation unit
- Violation
- Per violation amount
- 10,000
What this law does
A communications company is any person or organization which owns, controls, operates or manages any company which provides information or entertainment electronically to a household, including but not limited to a cable or community antenna television system.
It is unlawful for a communications company to install and use any equipment which would allow it to visually observe or listen to what is occurring in the household of an individual subscriber without the knowledge or permission of the subscriber.
It is unlawful for a communications company to provide any person or organization with a list containing the name of a subscriber, unless it gives the subscriber notice and the subscriber does not object, or the recipient is acting as its agent, servant or employee. It is unlawful for a communications company to disclose the television viewing habits of any individual subscriber without the consent of the subscriber.
It is unlawful for a communications company to install or maintain a home-protection scanning device in a dwelling as part of a communication service without the express written consent of the occupant. A communications company that violates the section is fined not more than ten thousand dollars for each violation.
A person who has been injured by a violation has a right of action against the communications company to recover damages for the injury, and if the court awards damages the plaintiff is awarded costs. Public Act 84-304 enacted the chapter.
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