Surveillance pricing; prohibited, civil penalties.

Summary

The bill bans the practice of “surveillance pricing,” where a seller sets a price for a product or service using personal data gathered through electronic monitoring. It applies to any business that sells or offers goods or services to Virginia consumers, regardless of whether the seller collected the data themselves. Violations are treated as prohibited practices under the Virginia Consumer Protection Act and may trigger civil penalties.

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