Can I collect browser information from participants in Virginia? What are the requirements?

Based on the documents provided, there are no specific requirements for collecting browser information from participants in Virginia. However, there are regulations related to the collection, maintenance, and dissemination of personal information by agencies in Virginia, as well as regulations related to the confidentiality and security of juvenile record information.

Requirements for Personal Information

According to VACV 2.2-3803, agencies maintaining an information system that includes personal information shall collect, maintain, use, and disseminate only that personal information permitted or required by law to be so collected, maintained, used, or disseminated, or necessary to accomplish a proper purpose of the agency. They shall also establish categories for maintaining personal information to operate in conjunction with confidentiality requirements and access controls, maintain information in the system with accuracy, completeness, timeliness, and pertinence as necessary to ensure fairness in determinations relating to a data subject, and establish appropriate safeguards to secure the system from any reasonably foreseeable threat to its security.

Requirements for Juvenile Record Information

According to 6 VAAC 35-160-70, each participating agency shall determine what positions in the agency require regular access to juvenile record information as part of their job responsibilities and as documented in the employee work profile. Only authorized individuals shall have direct access to juvenile record information. Use of juvenile record information by an unauthorized individual, or for a purpose or activity other than one for which the person is authorized to receive juvenile record information, shall be considered an unauthorized dissemination. Persons who are given access to juvenile record information shall be required to sign an information security agreement in accordance with department procedure stating that they will use and disseminate the information only in compliance with law and this chapter and that they understand that there are criminal and civil penalties for unauthorized dissemination.

Based on the above regulations, it is important to ensure that any collection of personal information or juvenile record information is done in compliance with the applicable laws and regulations, and that appropriate safeguards are in place to secure the information from unauthorized access or dissemination.

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Virginia

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