Duty LXD-1453
Processes biometric data, in Virginia
Fingerprints furnished in a business, commercial or financial transaction: return or destructionsince 1 line
Va. Code Ann. § 59.1-478 · Read the law's page
- If you require another person to furnish a fingerprint or fingerprints in conjunction with a business, commercial or financial transaction, then, unless the parties otherwise agree, within 21 days of the transaction's completion or termination return to the person the original record of the prints and all copies, including electronic or facsimile copies, or destroy them.
Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act, sensitive data and biometric data definitionssince 2 lines
Va. Code Ann. § 59.1-575 · Read the law's page
- Obtain a Virginia consumer's opt-in consent before processing sensitive data, including genetic or biometric data collected to uniquely identify the individual.
- The definition of biometric data excludes a physical or digital photograph, a video or audio recording or data generated therefrom, and the text does not say whether a faceprint or voiceprint extracted from a recording to identify a specific person is data generated from the recording (section 59.1-575, definition of biometric data).