Virginia enacts ban on precise geolocation data sales as momentum for similar prohibitions builds

Virginia has passed a law prohibiting the sale of citizens' precise geolocation data within a 1,750-foot radius, effective July 1, as an amendment to its data privacy law; the move follows similar laws in other states and growing scrutiny of data brokers whose near-real-time location sales have been linked to tracking sensitive visits and targeting. The article also notes regulatory attention including FTC actions and a disclosed complaint involving the data broker Kochava, but focuses on legislative and policy developments rather than a technical security incident.