SEARCH SITE

VIRGINIA LAW PORTAL

SEARCHABLE DATABASES

ACROSS SESSIONS

Developed and maintained by the Division of Legislative Automated Systems.

2007 SESSION

  • | print version

HB 2600 Protection of disposed records; businesses to take measures to protect against unauthorized access.

Introduced by: Kenneth R. Plum | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

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.


FULL TEXT

HISTORY