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Throughout the month of February, states continued to introduce
new privacy laws of their own as Congress remained preoccupied with
enacting an additional COVID-19 relief package. Virginia emerged as
the primary highlight of the month, as the state s enactment of
the Consumer Data Protection Act (CDPA) on March 2 makes Virginia
the second state to enact a comprehensive state data privacy law in
the U.S., after the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA).
In addition to Virginia s enactment of the law, lawmakers in
California and other states have continued to unveil a slate of
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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
Keypoint: As expected, the Washington Privacy Act passed the Senate and will now move to the House of Representatives. For the third year in a row, the Washington Senate.
Virginia is poised to become the second U.S. state to enact broad consumer privacy legislation. While the legislation draws some parallels with the California Consumer Privacy Act.
A new measure would give Washington residents the ability to access, transfer, correct and delete data that Big Tech companies such as Google and Facebook compile and give them the right to opt out of targeted advertising.