The Nexus of 2024

Tag: privacy after Roe

  • The session’s in high gear: Washington privacy legislation update, January 31

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    With only 105 days in Washington’s legislative session, things are (as always) moving quickly.  Last week: My Health My Data (HB 1155), which protects consumer health data – especially urgent as more and more states criminalize abortion and gender-affirming care – had a very encouraging hearing in the House Civil Rights & Judiciary (CR&J) Committee…

  • A very encouraging first step: My Health My Data’s first hearing

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    “The environment in 2023 is much more favorable than it’s ever been for strong privacy legislation – nationally, and in Olympia – so there’s good reason for optimism. One of the reasons the legislative environment is much more favorable in 2023 is that privacy threats have become a lot more real to many people in…

  • A much more favorable environment, but a lot of complexity: Washington state privacy legislation 2023 (UPDATED)

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    Last updated February 4.  See the update log below. Washington is justifiably looked to as a tech-savvy state, and legislation that gets passed here will influence other states and the national debate. – me in The stakes are high: Washington state privacy, facial recognition, and automated decision systems legislation 2021 The 2023 Washington state legislative…

  • Privacy News: July 1

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    An extra-long list for the holiday weekend! HIPAA Privacy Rule and Disclosures of Information Relating to Reproductive Health Care on HHS.gov (hhs.gov) New Guidance from the Department of Health and Human Services tells health-care providers they do not have to disclose personal information related to abortion and other sexual and reproductive health care – and…

  • Privacy in a post-Roe America (Privacy News, June 24)

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    Earlier today the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, removing the constitutional right to abortion.  In the 1973 Roe ruling, the Supreme Court had said the Fourteenth Amendment’s Due Process Clause  “protects against state action the right to privacy, including a woman’s qualified right to terminate her pregnancy.”  The current Supreme Court disagrees.  As Paris…