VCDPA: achieve compliance with Virginia’s Consumer Data Privacy Act

The Usercentrics Consent Management Platform (CMP) helps you to meet the requirements of VCDPA compliance.
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What is the VCDPA?

VCDPA is the consumer privacy law for the state of Virginia. It comes into effect on January 1, 2023. The VCDPA has similarities with the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) as well as with the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

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What are the consequences of VCDPA noncompliance?

Penalties for noncompliance with VCDPA can lead to fines up to $7,500 per violation, regardless of whether the violation was intentional or not.

The Virginia Attorney General does have to provide notice of violation and a 30-day “cure” period. The VCPDA does not allow for private right of action.

Companies must inform consumers of their rights and provide a process to exercise those rights, including the ability to opt out of the sale of their personal data, or to have it deleted.

Companies must provide information about data processing, such as the purpose of processing and length of time the data will be kept to fulfill the processing purpose.

Consent must be obtained prior to collecting or processing sensitive data.

The Usercentrics Consent Management Platform (CMP) can enable companies to provide compliant notification to Virginia consumers, as well as enable secure collection and storage of their consent preferences.

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Achieve compliance with the VCDPA. Be able to customize the CMP user experience for the CCPA, CTDPA, or even the EU’s GDPR.

The Usercentrics Consent Management Platform easily integrates with your website or app your favorite third-party services and tools.

Build trust with users and build long-term brand relationships by being transparent about data usage and respecting their data privacy preferences.

Benefit from powerful tools like A/B Testing and Interaction Analytics to improve user experience and increase consent rates to obtain high-quality marketing data.

“It’s super easy to use with an intuitive dashboard. You can customise the CMP with just a few clicks. A/B testing is easily setup. Legal texts are up to date which saved me a lot of time. ”
— International Expansion Small-Business

Clearly inform users and securely obtain and store VCDPA-compliant consent for data processing on your website or app.

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