The chosen Fellow will work at the Legislative Workplace Constructing, adjoining to the State Capitol in Hartford. The Fellow will be positioned below the steerage of the Senate Democratic Caucus and tasked to work instantly with the Senator who has been a lead policymaker for Artificial Intelligence and Knowledge Privateness, a member of the Common Legislation Committee, which is the committee of cognizance for OPA and CTDPA.
The state’s On-line Privateness Act (OPA), efficient July 1, 2024, amends the Connecticut Knowledge Privateness Act (CTDPA), which took impact in July 2023, to increase on-line privateness protections for Connecticut residents. The OPA contains protections for private knowledge, together with shopper well being knowledge, and places in place restrictions on the disclosure of well being info.
Officers point out that the Common Legislation Committee is presently researching insurance policies to additional defend the knowledge of Connecticut residents, which can embody, however wouldn’t be restricted to, the following key areas, in accordance to CASE: 1) shopper privateness, together with knowledge breach notification and limiting the assortment and retention of private knowledge to what is important for the specified goal; 2) on-line privateness safety; 3) well being info privateness; 4) youngsters’s privateness; 5) knowledge safety measures for the safety of private info; 6) require companies to have clear and accessible privateness insurance policies; and 6) mechanisms for enforcement.
Eligible candidates should have a PhD or equal terminal diploma — or, for engineers, a masters-in-engineering with a minimal of three years of skilled expertise — in a subject related to the matter. PhD candidates will be thought of if completion of their PhD is imminent.
That is the first placement of a Fellow at the Connecticut Common Meeting by the Connecticut Academy of Science and Engineering. CASE has beforehand positioned two Fellows, who efficiently accomplished their fellowships, at the state Division of Vitality and Environmental Safety.