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Subcommittee tables Senate Bill 1023 after divided testimony on banning sale of precise location data
Summary
The Subcommittee on Communications, Technologies and Innovations laid Senate Bill 10 23 on the table 6-3 after hearing proponents who said the measure would block sale of precise geolocation data and opponents who said existing Virginia law already covers it.
The Subcommittee on Communications, Technologies and Innovations laid Senate Bill 10 23 on the table after a 6-3 vote following testimony for and against a proposed ban on the sale of precise geolocation data.
Senator Perry introduced the measure as “Senate Bill 10 23,” saying the single-line bill would make it unlawful “to sell or offer for sale precise geolocation data concerning a customer.” The sponsor told the committee the ban would protect people whose daily travel patterns to sensitive facilities can be bought and sold by data brokers.
The bill’s supporters described concrete harms they said flow from the commercial trade in location data. Irene Leach of the Virginia Citizens…
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