Consumers Affected
444,000
Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones joined a coalition of 21 attorneys general in opposing a DHS rule that allows certain affirmative asylum applications to be referred to immigration court without an asylum officer interview. The coalition argues the rule violates federal law, harms asylum applicants, and bypasses notice-and-comment requirements; the release describes a comment letter, not a privacy enforcement action or monetary penalty.
This release concerns immigration policy rather than privacy enforcement, and it identifies no privacy-related contract remedy or obligation. In-house teams do not need to revise privacy clauses based on this action; organizations contracting with immigration legal-service providers or serving asylum applicants may nevertheless review service scope, procedures for supporting applicants through interviews and court proceedings, protections for unaccompanied children, and compliance obligations tied to changes in federal rules.
Entity
U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
Industry
Other"the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS)"
"Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act"
"Administrative Procedure Act (APA)"
"Abandons compliance with the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) by circumventing notice and comment requirements when the Rule went immediately into effect on July 28, 2026;"
"submitted a comment letter opposing the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) new rule"
"could affect up to 444,000 cases already pending in EOIR’s asylum backlog"
$10.5M
Virginia and 42 other states reached a settlement with Acima Digital, LLC and its parent over allegedly deceptive rent-to-own advertising, pricing, electronic agreement execution, and servicing practices. The $183.5 million settlement includes restitution, a payment to the states, lease balance reductions, and injunctive terms addressing those practices.
A multistate coalition led in part by Virginia obtained a court ruling blocking the federal government from conditioning public safety grants on states’ acceptance of immigration-enforcement demands. The court declared the conditions unlawful and permanently enjoined their implementation or enforcement; the release reports no monetary penalty.
Virginia Attorney General Jay Jones joined a bipartisan coalition of 45 attorneys general urging Congress to pass the Senate version of the Kids Online Safety Act. This is a legislative advocacy announcement, not an enforcement action; it references a separate $17 billion multistate settlement with Meta but does not provide its settlement date or impose a penalty in this announcement.
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.
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.
$220.0M
General Motors agreed to a $220 million settlement with a coalition of 36 attorneys general over allegations that it sold consumers’ driver behavior and location data to third parties, including data brokers that resold it to insurers. The settlement reportedly requires consumer consent before collecting or disclosing driving and location data, and Virginia is to receive about $6.5 million.