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Virginia is for lovers and, in the near future, may be for privacy as well, as the Commonwealth’s legislature is currently considering adopting its own comprehensive consumer data privacy law: The Consumer Data Protection Act (CDPA).
The CDPA, which would establish a framework for controlling and processing personal data in Virginia, is comprised of House Bill 2307 and Senate Bill 1392, and appears to be close to crossing the goal line in Richmond. The House passed its bill on January 29, 2021, and subsequently referred it to the Senate Committee on General Laws and Technology on February 1. Similarly, the Senate unanimously passed its bill on February 3, and it was referred to the House Committee on Communications, Technology and Innovation on February 7. All that remains now is for the House and Senate to complete the reconciliation process and present the legislation to Governor Ralph Northam for his approval, which
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Following California’s lead with its California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), Virginia has unveiled two bills in its House of Delegates and Senate that were approved in their respective congressional branch and sent to the other for approval.
Both bills “establish( ) a framework for controlling and processing personal data” in Virginia. Accordingly, the bills “appl(y) to all persons that conduct business in the Commonwealth and either (i) control or process personal data of at least 100,000 consumers or (ii) derive over 50 percent of gross revenue from the sale of personal data and control or process personal data of at least 25,000 consumers.” The bills specifically detail responsibilities and standards for privacy protection for data controllers and processors. The bills also give consumers the “rights to access, correct, delete, and obtain a copy of personal data and to opt out of the processing of personal data for the purpos
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Emma Okonji writes that the recent directives by the federal government compelling telecoms operators to suspend the sale and activation of new SIM cards and to within a two-week period, link all registered SIM cards to National Identification Number, is an onerous task as subscribes kick against the directives
Nigerian telecoms subscribers with over 207 million active registered lines, last week, were taken by surprise when the federal government issued two directives, compelling telecoms operators to immediately suspend the registration and activation of new SIM cards, until the completion of the audit of the Subscriber Registration Database, while the other directive compelled telecoms subscribers to submit their NIN to their telecoms service providers within two weeks, from December 16 to 30 to enable service providers synchronise all registered SIM cards to NINs.
Nigeria: House Urges Extension of SIM Card Registration, NIN Linkage Deadline allafrica.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from allafrica.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
•Subscribers kick against two-week ultimatum for Synchronisation
Emma Okonji, Dike Onwuamaeze in Lagos, Sylvester Idowu in Warri and Udora Orizu in Abuja
The House of Representatives yesterday urged the federal government to extend the deadline for the synchronisation of subscribers’ SIM card registration with their National Identification Number (NIN) by telecommunication service providers to 10 weeks.
The Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Dr. Isa Pantami, had on Tuesday, issued a directive that makes it compulsory for all SIM cards to be linked to National Identity Number (NIN), giving a two-week deadline for compliance.
But the House at the plenary said that NCC should give a reasonable amount of time to enable Nigerians to comply with the instruction.