Ken Plum: Facial recognition as a legislative issue
Published Thursday, May. 6, 2021, 7:14 am
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Ken Plum
One of the side-effects of the global pandemic and the resulting quarantine has been the difficulty of recognizing others after months of not seeing each other in person. There is the normal aging process that can alter our looks, along with little or no access to barbers and stylists, and a decline in interest to apply the usual make-up since no one is going to see you up close. All this can leave others looking quizzically at you with an “I believe I know you” look. Longer hair without additional coloring and a mask covering half your face can make it a challenge sometimes to even recognize our friends.
May 6, 2021 at 2:00pm
This is an opinion column by Del. Ken Plum (D), who represents Reston in Virginia’s House of Delegates. It does not reflect the opinion of Reston Now.
One of the side-effects of the global pandemic and the resulting quarantine has been the difficulty of recognizing others after months of not seeing each other in person. There is the normal aging process that can alter our looks, along with little or no access to barbers and stylists, and a decline in interest to apply the usual make-up since no one is going to see you up close. All this can leave others looking quizzically at you with an “I believe I know you” look. Longer hair without additional coloring and a mask covering half your face can make it a challenge sometimes to even recognize our friends.
Opinion: Virginia Data Protection Act a Win for Consumer Privacy
The bipartisan Consumer Data Protection Act was recently signed into law by Gov. Ralph Northam. The law gives the state the authority to collect fines from companies that violate the new rules.
April 27, 2021 •
Shutterstock (TNS) Thanks to forward-looking leaders in Richmond, commonwealth residents are about to regain more control over their personal data.
When Gov. Ralph Northam signed the Consumer Data Protection Act into law early in March, Virginia became the second state in the nation to enact a law protecting the data privacy of consumers.
The measure passed with bipartisan support, as it should have. Democrats and Republicans can agree that in the Internet age, protecting the private information of individuals is more difficult and more important than ever. Who hasn’t been unsettled by being targeted with online ads almost immediately after researching something,
GDPR. CCPA. CPRA. And now⦠CDPA? Data privacy law acronym bingo lives another day.
Virginia this month passed the Consumer Data Protection Act (CDPA). The bill grants consumer rights to access, correct, delete and obtain a copy of personal data and to opt out of the processing of personal data for purposes of targeted advertising, the sale of personal data or profiling of the consumer. It marks the fourth comprehensive state consumer data privacy legislation in the United States, joining California, Maine and Nevada.
The bill becomes effective Jan. 1, 2023. Turns out thatâs the start of a big year for marketers because the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), which extends provisions of the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), becomes fully operative that day.