Which records and offices are covered?
| Record or recipient | Published mechanism | Important limit |
|---|---|---|
| Employer personnel files | Section 1-217(a) identifies 13 employment categories. | The non-employer procedure and record types have additional conditions. [4] [5] [6] [7] |
| Other holding agency | Submit the written confidentiality request and business address under subsection (c). | Subsection (e) preserves specified land documents and tax lists. [8] [5] [1] |
| Municipal election worker | A separate municipal request applies around the election. | The statutory period runs from 90 days before to 90 days after, subject to its conditions. [9] |
| Voter registry | A sworn safety-based statement supports the separate privacy program. | The program and section 9-50(d) govern the covered name and address information. [2] |
| Covered controller | The 2026 supplement supplies the operative July 1, 2026 text. | Use the current applicability and public-information definitions. [3] [10] [11] |
Why does the type of agency record matter?
Section 1-217 distinguishes employer personnel, medical and similar files from records held by another agency. Subsection (a) identifies 13 employment categories. The separate non-employer procedure requires a written confidentiality request and a business address. Subsection (c) further distinguishes named-person requests and electronic lists. These record-level conditions prevent treating the section as a general address erasure provision. [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
The section expressly excludes DMV records described in section 14-10. It also preserves specified land documents under section 7-35bb and lists under section 12-55. Lists prepared under the election title receive their own treatment. Those exclusions do not establish that another statute provides no protection. They establish that section 1-217 alone cannot support the broader suppression claim. [12] [1]
Which safety routes are separate?
Municipal election personnel have a separate timing rule. Its protection can begin 90 days before an election, or on a later qualifying request, and continues 90 days afterward. The office-related exception remains relevant. Enforcement also follows the section's own design. Complaints go to the Freedom of Information Commission, and the statutory penalty requires a willful and knowing violation. [9] [13]
The Voter Registry Privacy Program addresses people and families who fear for their life or safety. Section 9-50(d) uses a signed statement concerning the safety consequences of public disclosure. That program should be examined independently of occupational eligibility under section 1-217. The Address Confidentiality Program has another application-assistant process and its own survivor and family-related eligibility categories. [2] [14] [15]
Which consumer-privacy text is current?
The Connecticut General Assembly's baseline chapter directs readers to the 2026 supplement. That supplement contains provisions operative July 1, 2026. The reviewed applicability text includes processing 35,000 consumers, processing sensitive data, or offering personal data for sale, subject to the provision's full conditions. A previous version of the chapter can therefore give the wrong current threshold. [3] [10]
The operative definition of publicly available information is section 42-515(34). It includes specified government records, consumer-public information and widely distributed media, with an express biometric qualification. The deletion right and opt-out right have separate wording. Authorized-agent opt-outs also require commercially reasonable verification of identity and authority. A source check must preserve those distinctions rather than joining old and new versions of the chapter. [11] [16] [17] [18]
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Which sources were reviewed?
Checked October 24, 2026. Scheduled source review January 24, 2027. Each linked provision governs its own record channel and statutory conditions.
- 1-217(e).
- Official state election-office guidance.
- P.A. 25-113section5.
- 1-217(a)(1)-(13).
- 1-217(d)(1).
- 1-217(a).
- 1-217(c).
- 1-217(c)(1).
- 1-217(d)(2)-(3).
- 42-516,effectiveJuly1, 2026.
- 42-515(34),P.A. 25-113section5,effectiveJuly1, 2026.
- 1-217(b).
- 1-217(f).
- portal.ct.gov official text.
- www.cga.ct.gov official text.
- 42-518(a)(3),P.A. 25-113section8,effectiveJuly1, 2026.
- 42-518(a)(5), operative July 1, 2026.
- 42-519, unchanged section subject to2026supplement check.