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Attorneys General Question Google’s New Privacy Policy

February 22, 2012
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Attorneys General Question Google’s New Privacy Policy

Ct Attorney General George Jepsen joined with attorneys general of 36 states and territories today in raising strong concerns about a new privacy policy by Google, Inc., scheduled to take effect March 1 for all users of Google products and services. Under the new privacy policy, Google gives itself the freedom to combine users’...

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CCSU and Ct Labor Dept Security Breaches Investigated By Attorney General

February 17, 2012
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CCSU and Ct Labor Dept Security Breaches Investigated By Attorney General

Ct Attorney General George Jepsen is seeking more information from the state Department of Labor and Central Connecticut State University about security breaches that may have opened Social Security numbers and other personal information to unauthorized view. In separate letters to state Department of Labor Commissioner Glenn Marshall and Central Connecticut State University President...

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Jepsen Wants NU To Prove Merger With NSTAR Will Benefit Customers

February 14, 2012
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Jepsen Wants NU To Prove Merger With NSTAR Will Benefit Customers

Attorney General George Jepsen asked state utility regulators Tuesday to require Northeast Utilities and Boston-based NSTAR to demonstrate how their proposed merger is in the public interest. “The Applicants must prove that customers will be better off as a result of the proposed merger, not worse,” Jepsen said in a statement before the Public...

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Northeast Utilities Must Prove To Ct Regulators That Its Merget To NStar Is In Public Interest

February 9, 2012
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Northeast Utilities Must Prove To Ct Regulators That Its Merget To NStar Is In Public Interest

Acting in response to a motion filed Tuesday by the Attorney General and the Consumer Counsel, the Public Utilities Regulatory Authority (PURA) has ruled that Northeast Utilities and NStar “must demonstrate that the proposed merger is in the public interest in order to gain PURA approval.” In their one-page decision issued Wednesday, the regulators...

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