Earlier this month saw the Commonwealth of Virginia become the second state to pass a bill dealing with the protection and collection of consumer data by online companies. On March 2nd Governor Ralph Northam signed House Bill 2307 which is also known as the Consumer Data Protection Act. 

The bill, which was sponsored by Sen. David Marsden (D-Fairfax) seeks to allow consumers to obtain copies of their online data. The bill also allows consumers to amend or delete data in order to ensure one’s privacy as well as offer an opt out of allowing businesses to use the data for purposes sure as marketing.

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