Notificación por Violación de Información Personal en Virginia

Explicación Simple

Si alguien roba información personal de otra persona, deben avisar rápido a las autoridades. Esto es para proteger a las personas de problemas como el robo de identidad.

Es como si alguien entrara a tu casa y robara tus cosas. Tienes que avisar a la policía de inmediato para que puedan ayudarte y evitar que el ladrón haga más daño.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que Juan trabaja en una empresa de nómina y descubre que un hacker accedió a datos de sus empleados, incluyendo números de identificación. Según la ley, Juan debe informar al Fiscal General de Virginia sin tardar, para proteger a sus empleados del posible robo de identidad.

Penalidades

Se pueden imponer multas de hasta $150,000 por cada violación de seguridad.

Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

The Office of the Attorney General may impose a civil penalty not to exceed $150,000 per breach of the security of the system or a series of breaches of a similar nature that are discovered in a single investigation. Nothing in this section shall limit an individual from recovering direct economic damages from a violation of this section. J. A violation of this section by a state-chartered or licensed financial institution shall be enforceable exclusively by the financial institution's primary state regulator. K. Nothing in this section shall apply to an individual or entity regulated by the State Corporation Commission's Bureau of Insurance. L. The provisions of this section shall not apply to criminal intelligence systems subject to the restrictions of 28 C.F.R. Part 23 that are maintained by law-enforcement agencies of the Commonwealth and the organized Criminal Gang File of the Virginia Criminal Information Network (VCIN), established pursuant to Chapter 2 (§ 52-12 et seq.) of Title 52. M. Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, any employer or payroll service provider that owns or licenses computerized data relating to income tax withheld pursuant to Article 16 (§ 58.1-460 et seq.) of Chapter 3 of Title 58.1 shall notify the Office of the Attorney General without unreasonable delay after the discovery or notification of unauthorized access and acquisition of unencrypted and unredacted computerized data containing a taxpayer identification number in combination with the income tax withheld for that taxpayer that compromises the confidentiality of such data and that creates a reasonable belief that an unencrypted and unredacted version of such information was accessed and acquired by an unauthorized person, and causes, or the employer or payroll provider