Legislation

This bill would take steps to protect that privacy by allowing people who share a health insurance plan with others and who are authorized to consent to their own health care to keep the details of their health care private.

Under a statewide electronic tolling system, Connecticut tolls would capture sensitive information about millions of drivers. Without rules to restrict how the government stores, collects, shares, sells, or keeps this information, it could be used to hurt people who travel through our state.

Before Connecticut rushes into implementing a roadside test for marijuana, the state should study all options and consult experts in the area to ensure that people’s rights are not violated by the use of such tests.

The ACLU of Connecticut opposes S.B. 422, An Act Concerning a Study of Automated Traffic Enforcement Safety Devices, which concerns red light cameras. The ACLU-CT has been vocally opposed to red light cameras because of the due process, privacy, and racial injustice issues raised by their use.

Connecticut should set limits on automatic license plate reader (ALPR) technology. We support House Bill 6965 to regulate the retention of information collected by ALPR systems and protect the privacy of drivers in Connecticut.

The right to individual autonomy when making end of life decisions includes the decision to seek physician-assisted aid in dying, as well as the decision to continue living.The ACLU-CT supports this bill and the multiple safeguards it contains.

Without proper protections, electronic tolling systems could jeopardize people's privacy rights. The ACLU of Connecticut weighed in on these bills regarding electronic tolling in order to raise serious privacy issues and suggest amendments to help protect people's rights.