Connecticut General Statutes 4-196 – Agencies to adopt regulations conforming to Attorney General’s standards
(a) Each state agency shall, within six months of July 1, 1977, adopt regulations pursuant to chapter 54 which describe:
Terms Used In Connecticut General Statutes 4-196
- Agency: means each state or municipal board, commission, department or officer, other than the legislature, courts, Governor, Lieutenant Governor, Attorney General or town or regional boards of education, which maintains a personal data system. See Connecticut General Statutes 4-190
- Attorney: means an attorney at law empowered by a person to assert the confidentiality of or right of access to personal data under this chapter. See Connecticut General Statutes 4-190
- Personal data: means any information about a person's education, finances, medical or emotional condition or history, employment or business history, family or personal relationships, reputation or character which because of name, identifying number, mark or description can be readily associated with a particular person. See Connecticut General Statutes 4-190
(1) The general nature and purpose of the agency’s personal data systems;
(2) The categories of personal and other data kept in the agency’s personal data systems;
(3) The agency’s procedures regarding the maintenance of personal data;
(4) The uses to be made of the personal data maintained by the agency.
(b) The Attorney General shall adopt uniform standards for regulations adopted pursuant to subsection (a) of this section. After such standards are adopted and distributed to state agencies by the Attorney General but not later than six months after October 1, 1984, each state agency shall review such regulations to determine whether they conform to such standards. Regulations which do not so conform shall be amended in accordance with the provisions of chapter 54. Notwithstanding the provisions of section 4-169, the Attorney General may disapprove any regulation submitted for his approval under said section, which fails to conform to such standards.