Virginia Work Group Report Leads To Proposed CDPA Amendments

The Virginia legislature has introduced several bills that would amend Virginia's Consumer Data Protection Act ("CDPA") that was enacted last year. These bills are largely in response to the November 1, 2021 Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act Work Group report (the "Report"), which outlined 17 "points of emphasis" related to the CDPA. The Report includes recommendations regarding administrative items, permitting the Attorney General to seek actual damages based on consumer harm, implementing a right (that would sunset) to cure violations of the CDPA, amending the right to delete, amending the definition of sensitive data, implementing global privacy control, and providing resources to consumers and small business, among other topics.