The Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act, enacted in 2021 and effective January 2023, is a state law that grants Virginia residents rights over the personal data collected about them by businesses, including the rights to access, correct, delete, and obtain a copy of their data, and to opt out of the sale of personal data and its use in targeted advertising. It was the second comprehensive consumer data privacy law enacted by a United States state, following California's data privacy laws, and it imposes data protection assessment requirements on businesses that process sensitive personal data. The Act is enforced exclusively by the Virginia Attorney General, without a private right of action for individuals.
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EraSourced to the subject's own accountEnacted 2021 (Acts of Assembly 2021, Special Session I, chapters 35 and 36); codified as Chapter 53 of Title 59.1 of the Code of Virginia. 1 Promulgated BySourced to the subject's own accountVirginia General Assembly. 1 Jurisdiction ScopeSourced to the subject's own accountCommonwealth of Virginia; applies to persons conducting business in Virginia or producing products or services targeted to Virginia residents that meet the statute's data-volume thresholds. 1 Regulatory DomainSourced to the subject's own accountConsumer data privacy protection. 1 Jurisdiction Scope
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Era (category)Sourced to the subject's own account21st Century (2000-Present) 1 Connections
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Virginia law was closely modeled on the structure of the CCPA/CPRA
The California Privacy Rights Act's consumer-rights and controller-obligation framework was a direct model for the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act, part of the same wave of United States state comprehensive privacy statutes.
In Legal System
United States state statute, within the common law tradition.
Source Major Legal Systems in the World TodayRene David and John E.C. Brierley
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1. Code of Virginia, Title 59.1, Chapter 53 (Consumer Data Protection Act)
Virginia General Assembly, Division of Legislative Automated SystemsVa. Code Sec. 59.1-576, history note (era)
2021, Sp. Sess. I, cc. 35, 36.
Va. Code Sec. 59.1-576(A) (promulgated-by)
This chapter applies to persons that conduct business in the Commonwealth or produce products or services that are targeted to residents of the Commonwealth and that (i) during a calendar year, control or process personal data of at least 100,000 consumers or (ii) control or process personal data of at least 25,000 consumers and derive over 50 percent of gross revenue from the sale of personal data.
Va. Code Sec. 59.1-576(A) (jurisdiction-scope)
This chapter applies to persons that conduct business in the Commonwealth or produce products or services that are targeted to residents of the Commonwealth and that (i) during a calendar year, control or process personal data of at least 100,000 consumers or (ii) control or process personal data of at least 25,000 consumers and derive over 50 percent of gross revenue from the sale of personal data.
Va. Code Sec. 59.1-576(A) (regulatory-domain)
This chapter applies to persons that conduct business in the Commonwealth or produce products or services that are targeted to residents of the Commonwealth and that (i) during a calendar year, control or process personal data of at least 100,000 consumers or (ii) control or process personal data of at least 25,000 consumers and derive over 50 percent of gross revenue from the sale of personal data.
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Code of Virginia Table of Contents » Title 59.1. Trade and Commerce » Chapter 53. Consumer Data Protection Act
In Group: United States Privacy Statutes, Table of contents heading, group placement
Code of Virginia Table of Contents » Title 59.1. Trade and Commerce » Chapter 53. Consumer Data Protection Act
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