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Law / United States / Virginia

Student-athletes: an institution's disclosure of biometric data

Va. Code Ann. § 23.1-408.2(B)

In force since .

A biometric privacy rule binding public and private bodies.

Obligation class
Biometric, Consent
Audit expectation
none

What it requires

  • If you are a private institution of higher education, an associate-degree-granting public institution of higher education or a baccalaureate public institution of higher education, do not disclose an enrolled student-athlete's biometric data to any individual or entity outside the institution without the student-athlete's prior written consent (Va. Code Ann. 23.1-408.2(B)).

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What record it asks for

Logging duty

Subsection B of section 23.1-408.2 bars an institution from disclosing a student-athlete's biometric data without prior written consent. It sets no duty to keep a record.

Kind
None
As of

What this law does

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Research summary

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Biometric data is an individual's physiological, biological or behavioral characteristics that are used or intended to be used, alone or in combination with other identifying data, to establish the individual's identity, and it includes information pertaining to DNA, imagery of the iris, retina, fingerprint, face, hand, palm and vein patterns, voice recordings from which an identifier template such as a faceprint or voiceprint can be extracted, keystroke and gait patterns or rhythms, and sleep, health or exercise data that contain identifying information.

An institution here is a private institution of higher education, an associate-degree-granting public institution of higher education, or a baccalaureate public institution of higher education, and a student-athlete is an individual enrolled at an institution who participates in intercollegiate athletics. No institution may disclose an enrolled student-athlete's biometric data to any individual or entity outside the institution without the student-athlete's prior written consent. Chapter 247 of the 2026 Acts of Assembly (House Bill 971) added the section and took effect on .

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