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On March 2, 2021, Virginia Governor Ralph Northam signed the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (CDPA)
into law without further amendments. Virginia now joins California
as the second U.S. state to enact comprehensive privacy
legislation. The CDPA will come into effect January 1, 2023
simultaneously with California s Consumer Privacy Rights Act
(CPRA). While similar, the laws reflect somewhat differing
approaches to a consumer data law, and covered businesses should
begin preparing compliance strategies now. In particular, the new
Virginia law may well presage movement in other states, such as
Tuesday, March 2, 2021
On Feb. 10, 2021, Acting Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Chairwoman Rebecca Kelly Slaughter offered a glimpse of where the FTC may be headed under the Biden administration and confirmed that privacy remains among the Commission’s top priorities.
In her keynote address to the Future of Privacy Forum, Slaughter shared her views on the FTC’s role in privacy and data security, and her priorities for the coming years. While among the first in her new role, Slaughter’s remarks contain familiar themes, including innovative approaches, greater transparency, and comprehensive use of FTC authority – hallmarks of her tenure on the Commission.
Virginia has now become the second state in the United States to pass a comprehensive data privacy law. The Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (“CDPA”), which passed in the Virginia.
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