My Health My Data (HB 1155) safeguards Washington residents’ personal medical data and prevents it from being sold to bounty hunters, data brokers, and law enforcement. Pro-Choice Washington, Planned Parenthood Alliance Advocates; Gender Justice League, Legal Voice, and ACLU of Washington all support this bill. The original version of the bill was very strong, but … Read more
The Washington legislature is in session from January 9 – April 23 and there are some exciting privacy and tech justice bills on the table.
A letter sent by over two dozen Washington residents, December 27, 2022
The Washington state legislature adjourned for the session today without taking any action on the Bad Washington Privacy Act, SB 5062. It’s a huge win for Washingtonians’ privacy! This is the fourth year in a row that the Tech Equity Coalition members and grassroots activists have kept big tech lobbyists from writing the rules on … Read more
With only three days left in the session, tech lobbyists are making a last-ditch effort to pass the Bad Washington Privacy Act! Just this morning, a new amendment to SB 5062 was published, undoing the improvements the House had made earlier in the session. And there’s just enough time left in the session for the … Read more
One way or another, we’ll know soon enough.
The session ends Thursday, so let’s keep the pressure on just in case they’re thinking of shenanigans — and keep laying the groundwork for next session by advocating for the bill we really want:
Updated around 12:30 am, March 5, with a late-night update and typo and emoji fixes. When we did our February 14 💘Update, Reps. Slatter and Berg’s ❓Foundational Data Privacy Act, HB 1850 ❓ was a potentially-promising replacement for Sen. Carlyle’s 👎🏽Bad Washington Privacy Act, SB 5062👎🏽. But that’s old news. After industry lobbyists claimed that❓HB … Read more
There are so many versions of privacy bills floating around that it can be challenging to know which is which. Here’s a short description of three key bills in Washington’s 2022 session. ACLU of Washington’s Bill Comparison Chart has a high-level comparison. 💜 HB 1433, the People’s Privacy Act 💜, sponsored by Rep. Shelley Kloba … Read more
Washington’s legislature is trying to pass the weak, industry-backed Bad Washington Privacy Act for the fourth year in a row, as well as a different bill advanced from the House. Whether together or separate, these bills only protect people’s privacy in theory, not in practice. The bills: The Bad Washington Privacy Act (SB 5062) … Read more
