State Guide
West Virginia Privacy & Data Security Laws
Every statute below can apply to a business handling West Virginia residents' data, depending on your revenue, the number of West Virginia consumers you process, and what kind of data you collect. This is a general reference, not a determination for your specific business — run the full questionnaire to see which of these actually apply to you.
Data Security & Breach Notification · 1
Requires notifying affected residents (and often the state AG/regulator) after a breach of unencrypted personal information such as SSNs, driver's license/state ID numbers, or financial account numbers. Applies regardless of company size whenever you hold covered personal information about a resident of this state.
On the Horizon — Proposed, Not Yet Law · 1
A genuine research gap rather than a confident "still pending" — flagged so you don't miss a reintroduction.
Status: Passed the WV House 94-1 (Mar 26, 2025); referred to Senate Judiciary (Mar 27, 2025); no further Senate action found. West Virginia runs single-year regular sessions, so the bill likely died at the 2025 sine die adjournment — but no confirmation of a 2026 reintroduction was found either way.