In a recent Q&A conducted by Divonne Smoyer and Karen Lee Lust with Connecticut Attorney General (AG) William Tong published in the IAPP Privacy Advisor, the AG discusses how he has continued Connecticut’s role as a privacy leader among the states, partnering with the U.S. Federal Trade Commission on data privacy-related matters and other compliance

This post was also written by Diane Bettino.

Nearly every state in the U.S. has a statute requiring notifications upon discovery of a data security breach.  Most of these laws do not mandate notification to any state authority. T hose few state laws that compel governmental notice are usually satisfied with contemporaneous notice, or