CODE OF VIRGINIA

EXCEPTIONS (§ 59.1-443)

Section 59.1-442 shall not apply to: (i) information gathered for purposes of
extending credit or the recording and sale, rental, exchange or disclosure to
others of information obtained from any public body as defined in the Virginia
Freedom of Information Act (§ 2.2-3700 et seq.); (ii) the sale of information
concerning a check or credit card transaction when it is incidental to the sale
or other disposition of accounts receivable; (iii) the furnishing by a merchant
of information on check writing activity of its customers in conjunction with
check validation transactions; or (iv) information sold in connection with any
sale by a business of the business’s retail operations at one or more
locations, provided that the information is sold only to the purchasers thereof.

HISTORY: 1992, c. 807; 1993, c. 453; 2004, c. 241.