{"id":32274,"date":"2021-03-02T15:01:25","date_gmt":"2021-03-02T23:01:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=32274"},"modified":"2021-03-02T15:01:25","modified_gmt":"2021-03-02T23:01:25","slug":"virginia-governor-signs-comprehensive-data-privacy-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/?p=32274","title":{"rendered":"Virginia governor signs comprehensive data privacy law"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Virginia Gov.\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/cldqvkhrmttfskstfgcmmfqqmhfzthtnnlmrkjztttmjdh_zlsrsspmpkrlrbwmswdm.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/cldqvkhrmttfskstfgcmmfqqmhfzthtnnlmrkjztttmjdh_zlsrsspmpkrlrbwmswdm.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1614812245647000&amp;usg=AFQjCNFC4eKLxd6BqFF50_b96HqcrBaUkg\">Ralph Northam<\/a>\u00a0(D) signed the Consumer Data Protection Act on Tuesday, making Virginia the second state in the U.S. to pass a comprehensive data privacy law.<\/p>\n<p>The bill will give consumers the right to opt out of having their personal data processed for targeted advertising and the right to confirm if their data is being processed.<\/p>\n<p>Virginia\u2019s law which takes effect in 2023,\u00a0 follows in the footsteps of a privacy bill California passed in 2018. California expanded on its law in November through a ballot measure.<\/p>\n<p>Other states, including Washington, Utah and Oklahoma, are also\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/qfmhyjnqdmmtcjcmtvgddthhdntrmnmbbfdqjprmmmdpwm_zlsrsspmpkrlrbwmswdm.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/click1.email.thehill.com\/qfmhyjnqdmmtcjcmtvgddthhdntrmnmbbfdqjprmmmdpwm_zlsrsspmpkrlrbwmswdm.html&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1614812245647000&amp;usg=AFQjCNHU3TANRF08ivfG_v5UT_Ic-e1g_A\">considering data privacy proposals<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Virginia Gov.\u00a0Ralph Northam\u00a0(D) signed the Consumer&#46;&#46;&#46;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-32274","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-u-s-a"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32274","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=32274"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32274\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":32275,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/32274\/revisions\/32275"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=32274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=32274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lapost.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=32274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}