Once again, the Virginia legislature is set to consider comprehensive data privacy legislation. In the 2020 regular session of the Virginia General Assembly, the House of Delegates referred several bills dealing with privacy...more
Earlier this year, several pieces of privacy related legislation pending in the 2020 General Assembly session were referred by a standing committee of the Virginia House of Delegates to the Joint Commission on Technology and...more
Last week a committee of the Virginia House of Delegates voted to send several privacy-related bills to a legislative commission for study after the current legislative session. Among those bills is the Virginia Privacy Act,...more
On January 8, 2020, the Virginia General Assembly will begin its 60 calendar day legislative session. Legislation relating to privacy will be on the agenda, including HB 473, titled the “Virginia Privacy Act,” that proposes...more
The 2018 Regular Session of the Virginia General Assembly recently concluded after considering approximately 3700 bills and resolutions during the 60-day session. Several privacy-related bills were on the legislative agenda,...more
The Virginia General Assembly is underway and several privacy related bills are on the legislative agenda for 2018. The Virginia legislature will consider approximately 3,000 bills during its 60-day session that will end in...more
Privacy professionals have long lamented the myriad of approaches each state takes when it comes to data breach notification requirements. According to the National Conference of State Legislatures, 48 states, the District of...more