{"formats":[{"name":"JSON","format":"json","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-json\/46.2-228.json"},{"name":"Plain Text","format":"text","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-text\/46.2-228.txt"},{"name":"XML","format":"xml","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-xml\/46.2-228.xml"},{"name":"HTML","format":"html","url":"\/downloads\/2025\/code-html\/46.2-228.html"}],"law_id":76973,"edition_id":1,"section_id":76973,"structure_id":16002,"section_number":"46.2-228","catch_line":"Design of electronic credentials","history":"2017, c. 697.","full_text":"A\n\nThe Department and other agencies that enter into an agreement with the Department pursuant to subsection C of § 46.2-226 may create and issue profiles to be used in those circumstances where the display of the data fields would satisfy the purpose for which the profile is being presented.B\n\nElectronic credentials and electronic credential systems shall be designed so that there is no need for the credential holder to relinquish possession of the device in which the electronic credential system is installed in order to present the credential or for the person to whom the credential is presented to search the verification system to confirm the validity of the credential.C\n\nElectronic credential and verification systems shall be designed to protect the credential holder’s privacy, including by use of privacy-enhancing technologies or other appropriate methods. 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This law was first created in 2017. The record of its establishment is cataloged in chapter 697<\/a> 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.<\/p>","references":false,"refers_to":[{"id":67000,"section_number":"46.2-226","catch_line":"Electronic credentials","order_by":null,"url":"\/46.2-226\/"}],"permalink":{"id":225615,"object_type":"law","relational_id":76973,"identifier":"46.2-228","token":"46.2\/I\/2\/3\/46.2-228","url":"\/46.2-228\/","edition_id":1,"permalink":0,"preferred":1},"url":"\/46.2-228\/","token":"46.2\/I\/2\/3\/46.2-228","dublin_core":{"Title":"Design of electronic credentials","Type":"Text","Format":"text\/html","Identifier":"\u00a7 46.2-228","Relation":"Code of Virginia"},"html":"\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

A.<\/span> The Department<\/span> and other agencies that enter into an agreement with the Department<\/span> pursuant to subsection C of § 46.2-226<\/a> may create and issue<\/span> profiles<\/span> to be used in those circumstances where the display of the data fields<\/span> would satisfy the purpose for which the profile<\/span> is being presented. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

B.<\/span> Electronic credentials<\/span> and electronic credential systems<\/span> shall be designed so that there is no need for the credential holder to relinquish possession<\/span> of the device in which the electronic credential system<\/span> is installed in order<\/span> to present the credential or for the person to whom the credential is presented to search the verification system<\/span> to confirm the validity of the credential. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t

C.<\/span> Electronic credential and verification systems<\/span> shall be designed to protect the credential holder’s privacy, including by use of privacy-enhancing technologies or other appropriate methods. If the Department<\/span> enters into an agreement with the owner<\/span> of a third-party<\/span> electronic credential system<\/span><\/span>, the agreement shall require the owner<\/span> of that system to take appropriate measures to protect the credential holder’s privacy. <\/i><\/a><\/p><\/section>","plain_text":" CODE OF VIRGINIA\n\nDESIGN OF ELECTRONIC CREDENTIALS (\u00a7 46.2-228)\n\nA. The Department and other agencies that enter into an agreement with the\nDepartment pursuant to subsection C of § 46.2-226 may create and issue\nprofiles to be used in those circumstances where the display of the data fields\nwould satisfy the purpose for which the profile is being presented.\n\nB. Electronic credentials and electronic credential systems shall be designed so\nthat there is no need for the credential holder to relinquish possession of the\ndevice in which the electronic credential system is installed in order to\npresent the credential or for the person to whom the credential is presented to\nsearch the verification system to confirm the validity of the credential.\n\nC. Electronic credential and verification systems shall be designed to protect\nthe credential holder’s privacy, including by use of privacy-enhancing\ntechnologies or other appropriate methods. If the Department enters into an\nagreement with the owner of a third-party electronic credential system, the\nagreement shall require the owner of that system to take appropriate measures to\nprotect the credential holder’s privacy.\n\nHISTORY: 2017, c. 697.","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}}