The American Data Privacy and Protection Act (ADPPA) One thing I really want to highlight is that this kind of organizing requires a lot of work. Non-profits like EPIC Privacy and ACLU work on a lot of issues, and so have limited resources to invest here. Other privacy non-profits like Future of Privacy Forum get their funding primarily from industry, so aren’t likely to help build resistance. Maya Morales of the WA People’s Privacy Network has played a big role in our organizing here in Washington state, including helping us get out of the “privacy bubble” by working with groups like Washington Poor People’s Campaign who don’t always get involved in privacy issues. Maya’s got a fundraiser on Go Fund Me … please join me in supporting her! And if you’re a grantmaker or larger donor and would like to explore funding longer-term work with WA People’s Privacy Network in the future, please reach out and I’ll be happy to connect you with her. Congress will have to move quickly to get anything through this session. So expect to hear a lot more about federal privacy legislation this summer – and, most likely, more lessons from our experiences here in the other Washington.To be continued
Image credits:
- photo of Washington State Capitol by Al Toney, via Wikipedia Commons. licensed under the Creative CommonsAttribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license.
- photo of Poor People’s Campaign Moral March copyright Maya Morales, used with permission
