Virginia House Bill 955 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 7 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-01-27 - Continued to 2021 in Communications, Technology and Innovation by voice vote
Pending: House Communications, Technology and Innovation Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Prefiled) [HTML]

Children's online privacy protection. Prohibits any person who operates a website for commercial purposes and who collects or maintains personal information from or about the users of or visitors to such website or online service from releasing personal information collected from minors for any purpose, except where the personal information is provided to a person other than an operator that provides support for the internal operations of the website, online service, online application, or mobile application of the operator, excluding any activity relating to targeted marketing directed to minors, and does not disclose or use that personal information for any other purpose. The measure also requires operators to establish and maintain reasonable procedures to protect the confidentiality, security, and integrity of personal information collected from children. A violation is a prohibited practice under the Virginia Consumer Protection Act. The measure has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2021.

Children's online privacy protection; release of personal information prohibited.

Del. Hala Ayala [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-01-27	House	Continued to 2021 in Communications, Technology and Innovation by voice vote
2020-01-07	House	Referred to Committee on Communications, Technology and Innovation
2020-01-07	House	Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/08/20 20102031D

HB955 (Carry Over) 2020-01-27 - Continued to 2021 in Communications, Technology and Innovation by voice vote

Chapter	Article	Section	Citation Type	Statute Text
59	1	200	(n/a)	See Bill Text
59	1	571	(n/a)	See Bill Text
59	1	574	(n/a)	See Bill Text

Type	Source
Summary	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+sum+HB955
Text	https://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?201+ful+HB955+hil