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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>55900</law_id><section_number>59.1-600</section_number><catch_line>Discrimination prohibited</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="59.1">Trade and Commerce</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="56">Genetic Data Privacy</unit></structure><text>
						<section><p>No person or public entity shall discriminate against a <span class="dictionary">consumer</span> on the grounds that the <span class="dictionary">consumer</span> has exercised any of the rights granted by this chapter with regard to:</p></section>
						<section id="1"><p><span class="prefix-number">1.</span> Providing or denying any good, service, or benefit to the <span class="dictionary">consumer</span>; <a id="paragraph-204791" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-600/#1"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="2"><p><span class="prefix-number">2.</span> Charging any different price or rate for any good or service provided to the <span class="dictionary">consumer</span>, including through the use of discounts or other incentives or imposition of penalties; <a id="paragraph-204792" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-600/#2"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="3"><p><span class="prefix-number">3.</span> Providing a different level or quality of goods, services, or benefits to the <span class="dictionary">consumer</span>; <a id="paragraph-204793" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-600/#3"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="4"><p><span class="prefix-number">4.</span> Suggesting that the <span class="dictionary">consumer</span> will receive a different price or rate for goods, services, or benefits or a different level or quality of goods, services, or benefits; or <a id="paragraph-204794" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-600/#4"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="5"><p><span class="prefix-number">5.</span> Considering the <span class="dictionary">consumer</span>&#x2019;s exercise of rights pursuant to this chapter as a basis or suspicion of criminal wrongdoing or unlawful conduct. <a id="paragraph-204795" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/59.1-600/#5"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2023, c. 526.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
