Details
Type: Policy
Agency: Risk And Insurance Management
CSR Number: none supplied
Effective Date: April 1, 2012
Summary
This policy requires each department to provide individuals with a reasonable opportunity to object to the collection, use or disclosure of their Personally Identifiable Information (PII). It requires each department to make reasonable accommodations to the concern raised by an individual regarding their PII. It prohibits a department’s collection, use or disclosure of PII, that is inconsistent with its notice, unless it has first obtained the individual’s additional consent for the use or disclosure, unless the additional use is required by law. This expressly prohibits marketing products or services to individuals without the proper consent.
West Virginia Executive Branch Privacy policy and procedure is not based on any one federal or state privacy law. This privacy policy/procedure materially addresses the various requirements of the majority of the laws and regulations with which the West Virginia Executive Branch must comply and serves as a foundation or baseline. There are twenty-four related federal laws and twenty-eight state laws that govern various aspects of the West Virginia Executive Branch privacy program.
Summaries of West Virginia’s Privacy Requirements may be found at http://privacy.wv.gov/SiteCollectionDocuments/Legal/2016%20Privacy%20Requirements%20FINAL.pdf
This policy is not more stringent than similar federal law.
Submitter Details
Name: Sue Haga
Email: sue.c.haga@wv.gov
Phone: 304-766-2646