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The overturn of Roe has effectively blown the lid off of negotiations on a federal privacy bill taking place between large privacy organizations, a handful of national privacy advocates, lawmakers, and tech lobbyists. As more people begin to understand the many ways in which those seeking abortion are at risk, this has rung alarm bells … Read more

  Learn more about Seattle Police Department Surveillance Tech and gather tips on submitting public comment! *Strobe-like Visuals Warning!* We’ve realized that some of the transitions in the recorded webinar info session that occur between still slides and moving screenshare video have a strange twitching/shaking image. We’ll try to fix that! For now, anyone who … Read more

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. The next vote is in the House. 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 … 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