Virginia consumer data privacy act
Va. Code §§ 59.1-575 to 59.1-585 · Read 2026-08-15
Enacted 2021-03-02 and applicable from 2023-01-01. Scope threshold as written: 100,000 consumers, or 25,000 consumers with more than half of gross revenue from the sale of personal data. No cure period after 1 January 2025 in the enforcement provision as amended.
Identifier
- Identifier
- Va. Code §§ 59.1-575 to 59.1-585
- Level
- State VA
- Status
- In force
- Adopted
- 2021-03-02
- Applies from
- 2023-01-01
- Supervisory bodies
- Virginia AG
Named requirements
Applicability and thresholds
Va. Code §§ 59.1-575 to 59.1-585
100,000 consumers, or 25,000 consumers with more than half of gross revenue from the sale of personal data.
Privacy notice
Va. Code §§ 59.1-575 to 59.1-585
A reasonably accessible notice naming the categories processed, the purposes, the categories shared and how rights are exercised.
Consumer rights
Va. Code §§ 59.1-575 to 59.1-585
Access, deletion, portability and opt-out of targeted advertising, sale and certain profiling, with an appeal route.
Sensitive data
Va. Code §§ 59.1-575 to 59.1-585
Consent, or in some states a strict necessity standard, before sensitive categories are processed.
Data protection assessment
Va. Code §§ 59.1-575 to 59.1-585
A documented assessment for targeted advertising, sale, sensitive data and profiling that carries a heightened risk.
Processor contract
Va. Code §§ 59.1-575 to 59.1-585
A written contract that sets instructions, confidentiality, deletion or return, and audit rights.
Enforcement
Va. Code §§ 59.1-575 to 59.1-585
Enforced by the state authority. No cure period after 1 January 2025 in the enforcement provision as amended.
Official source
EU acts on the same ground
- gdpr
Covers the same ground as the GDPR on notice, rights and processor contracts, with a narrower scope and no general lawful basis requirement.
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Register | Virginia AG, Va. Code §§ 59.1-575 to 59.1-585 |
| Publisher | Office of the Attorney General of Virginia |
| Last read | 2026-08-15 |
| Interval | Every 30 days |
| Next re-read | 2026-09-14 |
| Status | Re-read overdue |
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| Date | Event | Source |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-15 | Row read against the official publication | Office of the Attorney General of Virginia |
| 2023-01-01 | Date of application according to the publisher | Office of the Attorney General of Virginia |
| 2021-03-02 | Adopted under Va. Code §§ 59.1-575 to 59.1-585 | Office of the Attorney General of Virginia |
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Va. Code §§ 59.1-575 to 59.1-585, Virginia consumer data privacy act. NovaCopilot, https://legal.exploreworldai.com/us/regler/virginia-vcdpa (hämtad 2026-10-25, bevis sha256:dcb18cf41e29b5d1, bygge legal-2026-10-25).
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- dcb18cf41e29b5d136fca269fde796f53710e8dd0b4c06014a71f82ad028eac1
- hämtad:
- 2026-10-25
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- derived
- bygge:
- legal-2026-10-25
- officiell källa:
- https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacodefull/title59.1/chapter53/
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