Connecticut Attorney General William Tong and a 23-state coalition obtained a court ruling declaring unlawful federal immigration-enforcement conditions placed on Congressionally authorized public safety grants. The court permanently enjoined the federal government from implementing or enforcing those conditions; the release does not describe a privacy violation or monetary penalty.
The court permanently enjoined implementation or enforcement of the challenged immigration-enforcement conditions on the grants.
This action concerns conditions on government grants, not privacy practices, so it does not identify a need to revise privacy or data-processing clauses. In-house teams receiving federal or state grants should review grant agreements and related subcontracts for compliance conditions, representations, suspension or termination rights, and provisions governing changes to funding requirements; privacy-specific vendor, customer, and employee clauses are not implicated by the release.
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Other"the U.S. Department of Justice (USDOJ)"
"USDOJ has applied these illegal conditions to new grants, including funds dedicated to law enforcement and juvenile justice."
"The Administration’s actions violated laws passed by Congress as well as the Spending Clause of the U.S. Constitution."
"declared the Trump Administration’s actions unlawful and permanently enjoined any implementation or enforcement of these illegal conditions."
"Attorney General William Tong and a multistate coalition of 23 states"
Connecticut Attorney General William Tong co-led a bipartisan coalition of 45 attorneys general urging Congress to pass the Kids Online Safety Act. This was a legislative advocacy effort, not a new enforcement action; the release discusses prior investigations into platforms’ effects on children and a separate Meta settlement.
Connecticut Attorney General William Tong joined a coalition of 24 attorneys general and two governors in opposing proposed changes to the 2030 Census. The coalition argued the proposal would exclude people from the count, remove demographic questions, and replace the usual-residence standard; this was a comment-letter action, not a penalty or enforcement order.
Connecticut Attorney General William Tong joined attorneys general from 17 states in an amicus brief urging the New York Court of Appeals to preserve state authority to pursue fraud cases. The underlying civil case alleges that Donald Trump and his co-defendants inflated asset values to obtain better loan and insurance terms; this press release announces advocacy, not a new enforcement order or penalty.
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Connecticut and a coalition of 36 attorneys general reached a $220 million settlement with General Motors over the collection and sale of consumers’ driving behavior and location data to data brokers and insurers without adequate disclosure or consent. The settlement requires affirmative express consent before collecting or disclosing driving and location data, limits data collection, and imposes privacy program assessments and dealership oversight and training.
Connecticut Attorney General William Tong and 13 other attorneys general sent Meta a letter after the No Kings Coalition’s Instagram account was mistakenly suspended during a nationwide election-related day of action. The letter asks Meta to explain the suspension, its use of human review, steps to prevent similar errors, and how users can seek redress; it does not announce a fine or impose a remedy.
Connecticut joined the FTC and attorneys general from 19 other states in suing Dollar General, alleging that it repeatedly charged customers more at checkout than prices displayed on shelves, tags, and advertisements. The complaint alleges years of overcharging and insufficient safeguards, but the release does not report a settlement, court order, or monetary penalty.