Virginia’s Consumer Data Protection Act Has Passed: What’s in It?

On March 2, Virginia Governor Ralph Northam signed the Consumer Data Protection Act (CDPA), making Virginia the latest state to enact a cross-industry privacy rights law. The CDPA displays a blend of concepts from two leading privacy regimes garnering attention in the U.S.: California’s CCPA and Europe’s GDPR. With Brazil continuing its work on implementation of the LGPD, and with other eyes focused on Canada’s potential revisions to PIPEDA, Virginia (roughly the thirteenth-largest U.S. state...
By: Manatt, Phelps & Phillips, LLP

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