West Virginia's Proposed State Privacy Law

West Virginia may become the latest jurisdiction to enact a state privacy law. It is unclear which will become the next state, as at least 10 other states are considering similar legislation at this time. To date, there are 13 other states that have enacted state privacy laws.

West Virginia State Privacy Law

On December 12, 2023, members of the West Virginia Joint Standing Committee on the Judiciary received a briefing on the Consumer Data Protection Act (the "Act"), which is set to be introduced in 2024.

The Act resembles HB 3498, introduced earlier in the 2023 legislative session, which never made it past the House of Delegates Finance Committee.

The Act proposes to establish limits on businesses and entities that buy and sell consumer data. Specifically, the measure focuses on consumers' rights to: access their digital data; correct their data; delete their data; move their data; and opt out of personal data sharing and sale to third parties.