On July 1, 2018, HB 183, which amends Virginia’s breach notification law, will come into effect. The amended law will require income tax return preparers who prepare individual Virginia income tax returns to notify the state’s Department of Taxation if they discover or are notified of a breach of “return information.”
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Virginia Adds State Income Tax Provision to Data Breach Notification Law
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Recently, Virginia passed an amendment to its data breach notification law that adds state income tax information to the types of data that require notification to the Virginia Office of the Attorney General in the event of unauthorized access and acquisition of such data.…
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Virginia Governor McAuliffe Appoints Paul Tiao to Virginia Cyber Security Commission
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Hunton and Williams LLP’s Paul M. Tiao was appointed by Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe to the Virginia Cyber Security Commission. He is one of eleven citizen members elected to the group, which was established by executive order on February 26, 2014, to bring together public and private sector industry leaders from around the state to work on making Virginia a national leader in cybersecurity.…
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Legislation Aims to Expand Breach Notification Obligations
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In the past two months, lawmakers in California, Oregon and Virginia have introduced legislation that would expand the scope of their state security breach notification laws.
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Key Voice on Privacy Issues Loses Congressional Reelection Bid While Another Joins the Senate
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Representative Rick Boucher (D-VA) lost his Congressional race yesterday, leaving a vacancy on the Subcommittee on Communications, Technology and the Internet. Aggressive consumer advocate Attorney General Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) won a seat in the Senate.
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