The Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (On Demand Seminar)

A pre-recorded streaming video replay of the June 2021 webcast, The Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act.

Virginia recently became the second state after California to pass a comprehensive consumer privacy statute, the Consumer Data Protection Act. The CDPA’s operative date is January 1, 2023, but don’t get too comfortable. Covered businesses must adapt their business practices to its requirements, which include data minimization, implementing security controls, and managing personal data in the context of vendor relationships. Join us to understand the CDPA’s requirements on paper and in practice to successfully prepare your clients.

Topics to be covered include:

• An overview of the CDPA’s requirements
• Analyzing the CDPA in the context of similar data privacy laws, such as the California Consumer Privacy Act and European General Data Protection Regulation
• A discussion of the value of “data mapping” and why the data map is the foundation of successful compliance with the CDPA and data privacy laws generally
• Illustrating the potential impact of the CDPA by applying it to common business-use cases

ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Alex Reynolds, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP / Washington, DC

Alex Reynolds' strategic data protection practice centers on providing holistic, tailored, and actionable advice that is understandable to lawyers and non-lawyers alike. He draws on his years of experience advising clients across diverse industries—from nonprofits offering after-school programs, to healthcare systems, to large technology companies—and uses this experience to help clients benchmark their compliance efforts and accurately assess risk.

Mr. Reynolds’ core expertise is the application of general data protection statutes (such as the CCPA and GDPR) to transactions, product development, and advertising technology. He is also well-versed in data security, including implementation of standards such as the ISO 27000-series and responding to data breaches.