§ 2.2-3805 Dissemination of reports
Any agency maintaining an information system that disseminates statistical reports or research findings based on personal information drawn from its system, or from other systems shall:
1. Make available to any data subject or group, without revealing trade secrets, methodology and materials necessary to validate statistical analysis, and
2. Make no materials available for independent analysis without guarantees that no personal information will be used in any way that might prejudice judgments about any data subject.
History
This law was first created in 1976. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 597 of that year’s edition of “Acts of Assembly,” the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1976 “Acts” aren’t available online. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by “The Acts of Assembly,” a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly’s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2001, chapter 844.
1976, c. 597, § 2.1-381; 2001, c. 844.