Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones joined a multistate coalition submitting a comment letter opposing proposed changes to the 2030 Census. The release describes a policy challenge, not a privacy enforcement action, and reports no fine or enforcement remedy.
No enforcement remedies or penalties are reported; the coalition submitted a comment letter opposing the proposed rule.
The release reports a challenge to a proposed census rule, not a finding against a company, so it does not identify contract clauses requiring remediation. Teams handling demographic or government-derived data may nonetheless review vendor data-processing and data-sharing terms for limits on collection and use, representations about data accuracy and provenance, residency definitions, sensitive demographic data safeguards, and restrictions on combining tax or other records; customer-facing notices and privacy disclosures should accurately describe those practices.
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Other"A proposed rule by the U.S. Census Bureau"
"Attorney General Jones joined a coalition of 24 attorneys general and two governors in submitting a comment letter"
"the Fourteenth Amendment’s requirement to count all persons for congressional apportionment"
"the Census Act, which requires the Census Bureau to report each state’s total population"
"The Trump Administration’s proposed rule would prohibit questions about race, ethnicity, and sexual orientation"
"The Trump Administration’s proposed rule would exclude many people living in the United States"
Virginia’s Attorney General joined a multistate lawsuit challenging a federal Medicaid rule that made it harder for medically vulnerable people to qualify for exemptions from work requirements. The court found the definition of medical frailty unlawful, vacated that language, and issued a permanent injunction; the release does not state the court decision’s date, so the release date is used as a proxy.
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General Motors agreed to pay $220 million to resolve allegations that it sold identifiable driver behavior and location data to data brokers and insurers without adequately disclosing the practice or obtaining consumers’ consent. The settlement requires affirmative express consent before collecting or disclosing driving and location data, limits data collection, and imposes privacy-program assessments and dealership oversight and training.
Virginia joined a multistate lawsuit challenging a FinCEN rule that exempts nearly all businesses from beneficial-ownership reporting and the agency’s plan to delete ownership information already collected. The states allege violations of the Corporate Transparency Act and Administrative Procedure Act and seek to have the rule set aside and the ownership database maintained; no court outcome or monetary penalty is reported.
Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones joined a coalition of attorneys general in filing an amicus brief challenging DHS’s practice of conducting warrantless civil immigration arrests without determining whether individuals are likely to escape before a warrant can be obtained. The release reports that a district court had previously granted a preliminary injunction in the underlying case; it does not report a penalty or a new remedy imposed on DHS by this brief.
Virginia joined a multistate coalition filing a notice in Character Technologies, Inc.’s bankruptcy proceedings, raising concerns about the company’s privacy and safety practices and the sensitive chatbot conversations it holds. The filing seeks protections for children and consumers in any sale or transfer of the business or assets; the release does not report a fine or final finding of violations.
Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones joined a multistate coalition submitting a comment letter opposing HHS’s proposed changes to Head Start standards. The release describes concerns about proposed reductions to requirements for child safety, staffing, health services, and other program protections; it reports no privacy enforcement action or penalty.