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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
Monday, March 8, 2021
Virginia has enacted new privacy legislation that bears similarities to the California Consumer Privacy Act (the “CCPA”) and borrows some concepts from the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (the “GDPR”). In February, the Virginia legislature passed the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (SB No. 1392) (the “CDPA” or “Act”) and the governor signed the bill into law on March 2, 2021. This makes Virginia the second state in the country after California to adopt a comprehensive consumer privacy law. This article provides an overview of some of the key components of the CDPA.
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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
We summarized Virginia’s Consumer Data Protection Act (CDPA) in advance of its passage by the legislature and it now awaits Governor Ralph Northam’s signature. This will make Virginia .
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