Conn. Gen. Stat. § 51-1f: Office of Information Privacy established. Powers and duties.

(a) As used in this section:

(1) “Public agency” has the same meaning as provided in section 1-200.

(2) “Personal information” means a: (A) Home address of a primary residence; (B) home telephone number; (C) mobile telephone number; (D) personal electronic mail address; (E) Social Security number; (F) driver's license number; (G) federal tax identification number; (H) license plate number or unique identifier of a vehicle; (I) birth or marital record; or (J) child's name. “Personal information” does not include information that has been publicly displayed that the protected individual has not requested to be removed, or information that is relevant to and displayed as part of a news story, commentary, an editorial or any other speech on a matter of public concern.

(3) “Protected individual” means: (A) A justice or judge of a court established under article XX of the State Constitution; (B) a senior judge appointed pursuant to section 51-50i; (C) a state referee appointed pursuant to section 52-434; (D) a family support magistrate appointed pursuant to section 46b-231; (E) a family support referee appointed pursuant to section 46b-236; and (F) a spouse, a child or a dependent who resides in the same household as an individual described in subparagraphs (A) to (E), inclusive, of this subdivision.

(4) “Publish” means to post or otherwise make available to the public on the Internet, social media or social networks.

(b) There is established an Office of Information Privacy within the Judicial Branch.

(c) A protected individual may request that the Office of Information Privacy direct a public agency to: (1) Not publish any specific personal information identified by the protected individual; or (2) remove such specific personal information that has already been published.

(d) The Office of Information Privacy shall have the following powers and may perform the following duties:

(1) Certify that an individual requesting to have personal information removed from the Internet, social media or social network or to not publish personal information on the Internet, social media or social network is a protected individual.

(2) Work with the protected individual to identify the specific personal information that the protected individual is seeking to have removed if it has already been published including the exact Internet web site address where the content appears, if available, and, if the personal information is a land record, the exact Internet web site address of the record as it appears on such web site, if available, and the volume and page number that indicates where the published land record is recorded and each succeeding page number within a document that contains personal information that needs to be redacted.

(3) After certifying that a requestor is a protected individual, provide the public agency with the specific personal information that the individual is seeking to have removed if it has already been published including the exact Internet web site address where the content appears, if available, and, if it is a land record, the exact Internet web site address of the record as it appears on such web site, if available, and the volume and page number that indicates where the published land record is recorded and each succeeding page number within a document that contains personal information that needs to be redacted, and direct that the personal information be removed as soon as practicable.

(4) Work with a protected individual to identify the specific personal information that the individual does not want to be published including the volume and page number and each succeeding page number within a document that contains personal information that needs to be redacted, if the personal information is recorded in a land record.

(5) After certifying that a requestor is a protected individual, provide the public agency with the specific personal information that the individual does not want to be published including the volume and page number and each succeeding page number within a document that contains personal information that needs to be redacted, if the personal information is recorded in a land record.

(6) Inform the public agency whenever a previously certified protected individual no longer meets the definition of a protected individual and is no longer eligible to (A) have personal information removed from the Internet, social media or social network, or (B) request that a public agency not publish personal information on the Internet, social media or social network.

(e) Upon receipt of a request pursuant to subsection (c) of this section, a public agency shall promptly acknowledge receipt of the request by electronic mail and: (1) Take steps reasonably necessary to ensure that any specific personal information identified by the protected individual is not published; or (2) if such specific personal information is already published, remove the personal information identified as quickly as practicable after receipt of the request.

(f) No employee of a public agency shall be held civilly liable for any damages or injuries that occur as a result of the failure to remove requested personal information of a protected individual from the Internet, social media or social networks, provided the employee acted in good faith.

(g) For purposes of this section, an employee shall be deemed to have acted in good faith if the employee (1) reasonably believed that such employee's actions were in compliance with applicable laws concerning the protection of personal information, and (2) did not engage in gross negligence, wilful misconduct or intentional wrongdoing.

(h) Nothing in this section shall require the removal or redaction of personal information contained in records required to be published in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act, as defined in section 1-200, including agendas, minutes, videos or transcripts of public meetings.