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Connecticut
Communications Consumer Privacy Act, television viewing habits
Conn. Gen. Stat. § 53-422(a)(3)
In force.
A sensitive categories rule binding private bodies.
- Enforcement body
- A private action by a person injured by a violation (Conn. Gen. Stat. 53-422(b)).
- Obligation class
- Consent
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 disclose the television viewing habits of any individual subscriber without the consent of the subscriber (section 53-422(a)(3)).
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 disclose the television viewing habits of any individual subscriber without the consent of the subscriber.
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.
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