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This law was first created in 1976. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 597 of that year\u2019s edition of \u201cActs of Assembly,\u201d the annual state publication listing all changes made to the Code of Virginia in that year. Unfortunately, the 1976 \u201cActs\u201d aren\u2019t available online. It has been modified 1 time. Those modifications are cataloged by \u201cThe Acts of Assembly,\u201d a state publication, by year and chapter. Those modifications that can be read on the General Assembly\u2019s website will be linked accordingly. That modification is as follows: in 2001, chapter 844<\/a>.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":false,"permalink":{"id":176619,"object_type":"law","relational_id":59280,"identifier":"2.2-3805","token":"2.2\/II\/B\/38\/2.2-3805","url":"\/2.2-3805\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/2.2-3805\/","token":"2.2\/II\/B\/38\/2.2-3805","dublin_core":{"Title":"Dissemination of reports","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 2.2-3805","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

Any agency<\/span> maintaining an information system<\/span> that disseminates<\/span> statistical reports or research findings<\/span> based on personal information<\/span> drawn from its system, or from other systems shall:<\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

1.<\/span> Make available to any data subject<\/span> or group, without revealing trade secrets, methodology and materials<\/span> necessary to validate statistical analysis, and <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

2.<\/span> Make no materials<\/span> available for independent analysis without guarantees that no personal information<\/span> will be used in any way that might prejudice judgments<\/span> about any data subject<\/span>. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDISSEMINATION OF REPORTS (\u00a7 2.2-3805)\n\nAny agency maintaining an information system that disseminates statistical\nreports or research findings based on personal information drawn from its\nsystem, or from other systems shall:\n\n1. Make available to any data subject or group, without revealing trade secrets,\nmethodology and materials necessary to validate statistical analysis, and\n\n2. Make no materials available for independent analysis without guarantees that\nno personal information will be used in any way that might prejudice judgments\nabout any data subject.\n\nHISTORY: 1976, c. 597, \u00a7 2.1-381; 2001, c. 844.","edition":{"id":1,"name":"2025","slug":"2025","date_created":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","date_modified":"2026-06-21 22:39:22","current":1,"order_by":1,"last_import":null}}