                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

SALE OF PURCHASER INFORMATION; NOTICE REQUIRED (§ 59.1-442)

A. No merchant, without giving notice to the purchaser, shall sell to any third
person information that concerns the purchaser and that is gathered in
connection with the sale, rental, or exchange of tangible personal property to
the purchaser at the merchant&#8217;s place of business. Notice required by this
section may be by the posting of a sign or any other reasonable method. If
requested by a purchaser not to sell such information, the merchant shall not do
so. No merchant shall sell any information gathered solely as the result of any
customer payment by personal check, credit card, or where the merchant records
the number of the customer&#8217;s driver&#8217;s license or other document
issued under Chapter 3 (&#xA7; 46.2-300 et seq.) of Title 46.2 or the comparable
law of another jurisdiction. This subsection shall not be construed as
authorizing a merchant to sell to a third person any information concerning a
purchaser if the sale or dissemination of the information is prohibited pursuant
to &#xA7; 59.1-443.3.

B. For the purposes of this section and &#xA7; 59.1-443.3,
&#8220;merchant&#8221; means any person or entity engaged in the sale of goods
from a fixed retail location in Virginia.

HISTORY: 1992, c. 807; 2014, cc. 789, 795; 2020, cc. 1227, 1246.