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Current as of January 01, 2025 | Updated by Findlaw Staff
For the purposes of this section and sections 42-529a to 42-529e, inclusive:
(1) “Adult” means any individual who is at least eighteen years of age;
(2) “Consent” has the same meaning as provided in section 42-515;
(3) “Consumer” has the same meaning as provided in section 42-515;
(4) “Controller” has the same meaning as provided in section 42-515;
(5) “Heightened risk of harm to minors” means processing minors' personal data in a manner that presents any reasonably foreseeable risk of (A) any unfair or deceptive treatment of, or any unlawful disparate impact on, minors, (B) any financial, physical or reputational injury to minors, or (C) any physical or other intrusion upon the solitude or seclusion, or the private affairs or concerns, of minors if such intrusion would be offensive to a reasonable person;
(6) “HIPAA” has the same meaning as provided in section 42-515;
(7) “Minor” means any consumer who is younger than eighteen years of age;
(8) “Online service, product or feature” means any service, product or feature that is provided online. “Online service, product or feature” does not include any (A) telecommunications service, as defined in 47 USC 153, as amended from time to time, (B) broadband Internet access service, as defined in 47 CFR 54.400, as amended from time to time, or (C) delivery or use of a physical product;
(9) “Person” has the same meaning as provided in section 42-515;
(10) “Personal data” has the same meaning as provided in section 42-515;
(11) “Precise geolocation data” has the same meaning as provided in section 42-515;
(12) “Process” and “processing” have the same meaning as provided in section 42-515;
(13) “Processor” has the same meaning as provided in section 42-515;
(14) “Profiling” has the same meaning as provided in section 42-515;
(15) “Protected health information” has the same meaning as provided in section 42-515;
(16) “Sale of personal data” has the same meaning as provided in section 42-515;
(17) “Targeted advertising” has the same meaning as provided in section 42-515; and
(18) “Third party” has the same meaning as provided in section 42-515.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Connecticut General Statutes Title 42. Business, Selling, Trading and Collection Practices § 42-529. Definitions - last updated January 01, 2025 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ct/title-42-business-selling-trading-and-collection-practices/ct-gen-st-sect-42-529/
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