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There are a wave of new state privacy laws taking effect across the United States, signaling continued expansion of consumer data protection requirements beyond early adopters such as California, Virginia, and Colorado. Emerging laws introduce broader consumer rights,…
Virginia has enacted a new pay transparency and salary history law that takes effect July 1, 2026. The law requires employers to disclose wage or salary ranges in job postings for jobs, promotions, transfers, and other opportunities, and those ranges must be set in…
Virginia’s new Business Screening Services (BSS) program will significantly change how private background screening companies handle Virginia criminal and traffic history records. Starting July 1, 2026, screening businesses must register with the Virginia State…
Four states are reshaping U.S. privacy law through new legislation and enforcement efforts. Oklahoma and Alabama enacted comprehensive consumer privacy laws, while Virginia banned the sale of precise geolocation data. California regulators also backed stronger…
Virginia’s SB 215, effective July 1, 2026, bans employers from asking applicants about prior salary and requires every job posting to include a good‑faith salary range. Employers may use voluntarily disclosed salary history only to confirm it or offer higher pay — not…
The Virginia State Police have rolled out a federally mandated Federal Rap Back Program statewide, expandingbackground check capabilities beyond traditional one-time fingerprint checks. This new system continuously monitorsenrolled individuals’ criminal histories and…
Virginia has enacted a landmark law allowing certain criminal convictions to be sealed from public view, effective July1, 2026. Individuals with qualifying misdemeanor or low-level felony convictions can petition to have their recordssealed, making them inaccessible…
Effective July 1, 2015, employers in Virginia will be prohibited from requiring, requesting, or causing a current or prospective employee to disclose the username and password to the individual’s social media account. The new law also prohibits employers from…
Virginia Governor Terry McAuliffe has issued Executive Order #41, thereby adding Virginia to the growing list of jurisdictions (including California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Nebraska, New Jersey,…
Forty percent of the consumer class actions filed in Virginia in 2014 alleging violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (“FCRA”) relate to background reports for employment purposes. With one exception, all of the cases are against consumer reporting…