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Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act, definition of consumer (Va. Code 59.1-575)

Virginia's law, and the many state laws modelled on it, protect people only in their individual or household role, so employees and business contacts fall outside it (unlike California's).

Dated 17 Oct 2026Source checked 17 Oct 2026Basis: primary text

In the source's own words
“"Consumer" means a natural person who is a resident of the Commonwealth acting only in an individual or household context. It does not include a natural person acting in a commercial or employment context.”
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