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HB2600: Protection of disposed records; businesses to take measures to protect against unauthorized access.
Chief Patron
Del.
Ken Plum (D-36)
Ken Plum
(D-36)
Reston, VA
Served: 1982–
Progress
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Status
Bill is Dead
Summary
Personal information privacy; protection of disposed records; penalty. Requires businesses to take all reasonable measures to protect against unauthorized access to or use of personal information in connection with or after its disposal. Reasonable measures include policies and procedures requiring the burning, pulverizing or shredding of papers containing personal information so that the information cannot be read or reconstructed and the destruction or erasure of electronic media so that the information cannot be read or reconstructed. A violation constitutes a prohibited practice under the Virginia Consumer Protection Act.
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Poll Results
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