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Virginia Governor Ralph Northam signed the Consumer Data Protection Act (the “Act”) on March 2, 2021. The following are answers to some frequently asked questions about the Act and its impact on organizations doing business in Virginia.
When Does the Act Take Effect?
The Act takes effect on January 1, 2023.
Who is Protected by the Act?
The Act protects residents of Virginia when they are acting as consumers (in an individual or household context). It does not apply when they are acting as employees.
What Information Does the Act Protect?
The Act protects personal data, which is defined as “any information that is linked or reasonably linkable to an identified or identifiable natural person.” Personal data that have been deidentified or made pseudonymous are excluded from the definition.
Virginia just became the second state to pass a comprehensive privacy law, the Consumer Data Protection Act (“CDPA”). Business and privacy professionals should evaluate the.
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In what might prove to be a growing trend, on March 2, 2021, the Governor of Virginia signed into law the comprehensive Consumer Data Protection Act (CDPA), making Virginia the most recent state to enact such a law after California and the more limited Maine Act to Protect the Privacy of Online Customer Information and Nevada Senate Bill 220. The CDPA will become fully effective on January 1, 2023.
The CDPA adopts aspects of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), and California’s Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and Consumer Privacy Rights Act (CPRA). The CDPA applies to businesses that collect or process large amounts of consumer data and either do business in Virginia or target Virginia residents, but excludes coverage of financial institutions subject to the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act and entities subject to the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act. Unlike the CCPA, the CDPA does not
Virginia is now the second state, after California, to pass a comprehensive privacy law. The Consumer Data Protection Act (“CDPA”) will come into effect January 1, 2023 (the same time.
On March 2, 2021, Virginia enacted the Consumer Data Protection Act (“VCDPA”). The VCDPA will become effective January 1, 2023. The VCDPA shares its roots with the California Consumer.