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Tag Archives: Privacy

VICTORY! My Health, My Data Act heads to Governor Inslee after House concurrence vote

Excerpt: By a vote of 57-40, the House voted to concur in the Senate amendments to House Bill 1155, prime sponsored by Representative Vandana Slatter (D‑48th District: Bellevue, Redmond, Kirkland, Medina, the Points communities).
Published at:1:27 PM on Monday, April 17th, 2023
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
Categories:Civil Liberties, Legislative Advocacy, Policy Topics
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Senate sends My Health, My Data Act back to WA House with strong private right of action

Excerpt: By a vote of 27-21, the Senate voted to pass an amended version of House Bill 1155, prime sponsored by Representative Vandana Slatter (D-48th District: Bellevue, Redmond, Kirkland, Medina, the Points communities) that has the support of Slatter, Senate prime sponsor Manka Dhingra (D-45th District: Redmond, Kirkland, Sammamish, Duvall), Ferguson, and advocates like NPI.
Published at:4:45 PM on Wednesday, April 5th, 2023
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
Categories:Civil Liberties, Legislative Advocacy, Policy Topics
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More than three-fourths of Washington voters support the proposed My Health, My Data Act

Excerpt: 76% of 874 voters interviewed from March 7th-8th, 2023 by Public Policy Polling  for the Northwest Progressive Institute said they were supportive of blocking health tracking apps and advertisers from collecting and selling Washingtonians’ health data without their consent, barring location-specific targeting of people who visit reproductive and gender affirming healthcare facilities, and requiring companies to maintain and publish a privacy policy for people’s health data. 
Published at:12:30 PM on Tuesday, April 4th, 2023
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
Categories:Civil Liberties, Policy Topics
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The dishonesty of the Dobbs majority

Excerpt: "More than a gutting of reproductive rights and women's rights, Dobbs is a breach of trust," attorney Cat Williams writes in this guest post for NPI's Cascadia Advocate.
Published at:8:30 AM on Wednesday, June 29th, 2022
Written by:Cat Williams
Categories:Civil Liberties, Litigation, Policy Topics
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Alito court overturns Roe v. Wade, allowing states to criminalize reproductive rights

Excerpt: In an extreme decision, the United States Supreme Court has gutted almost fifty years of precedent and removed recognition of an important right supported by a majority of Americans.
Published at:11:02 AM on Friday, June 24th, 2022
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
Categories:Civil Liberties, Healthcare, Policy Topics
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Reagan Dunn votes against reproductive rights as Democrats vow to make abortion care an issue in the 2022 midterms

Excerpt: If you missed the movie “Twister,” watch what Dunn, who is challenging Representative Kim Schrier, says and does on reproductive rights. His mother, the late United States Representative Jennifer Dunn, who retired in 2004, was a Reagan Republican, but pro-choice.
Published at:12:45 PM on Thursday, May 12th, 2022
Written by:Joel Connelly
Categories:Civil Liberties, Elections, Policy Topics
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Joe Manchin joins Republicans to defeat Women’s Health Protection Act in U.S. Senate

Excerpt: The bill, known as the Women's Health Protection Act, had been expected to get filibustered. Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer staged the vote anyway to put Republicans on record as opposed to reproductive rights
Published at:2:54 PM on Wednesday, May 11th, 2022
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
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IRS scraps policy requiring taxpayer consent to facial recognition for online account access

Excerpt: “The Treasury Department has made the smart decision to direct the IRS to transition away from using the controversial ID.me verification service, as I requested earlier today” Oregon's U.S. Senator Ron Wyden said.
Published at:11:52 AM on Monday, February 7th, 2022
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
Categories:Civil Liberties, Policy Topics, Technology
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Divided Supreme Court lets Texas’ horrifying anti-reproductive rights law stand… again

Excerpt: Five extreme right wing justices, including Trump's three appointees, have sanctioned a new Texas law that sets up a bounty system to punish anyone who tries to exercise reproductive rights for themselves or others.
Published at:10:15 PM on Wednesday, September 1st, 2021
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
Categories:Civil Liberties, Policy Topics
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Tim Eyman says he’s worried about facial recognition. So why won’t he wear a mask?

Excerpt: Throwing on a face covering can help frustrate the very technology that Tim Eyman says is a danger to our personal liberty. But Eyman has likened mask wearing to tyranny.
Published at:10:17 AM on Thursday, July 2nd, 2020
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
Categories:Civil Liberties, Healthcare, Policy Topics, Technology
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Zoom Video Conferencing is a privacy and security nightmare. Maybe soon, it won’t be.

Excerpt: Electronic meeting technology provider Zoom is coming under harsh and much needed scrutiny regarding its privacy and security practices.
Published at:9:30 AM on Monday, April 6th, 2020
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
Categories:Policy Topics, Technology
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NPI’s Gael Tarleton kicks off campaign to become Washington’s next Secretary of State

Excerpt: Incumbent Republican Kim Wyman will have a tough, credible Democratic challenger in 2020.
Published at:9:24 PM on Tuesday, December 10th, 2019
Written by:Caitlin Harrington
Categories:Elections
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Documentary Review: “The Great Hack” shows how data insecurity impacts elections

Excerpt: Read NPI's review of The Great Hack, an essential, must-see film breaking down what happened to our democracy in the 2016 presidential election.
Published at:9:00 PM on Sunday, September 1st, 2019
Written by:Theresa Curry Almuti
Categories:Elections, Technology, Views & Reviews
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U.S. Senate adjourns after failing to take any action to reform or renew the unPatriot Act

Excerpt: Well, that was real­ly some­thing. Just min­utes ago, the Unit­ed States Sen­ate adjourned for an extend­ed Memo­r­i­al Day week­end recess after hav­ing failed to pass any leg­is­la­tion to reform or renew expir­ing pro­vi­sions of the (un)Patriot Act — which means that the Nation­al Secu­ri­ty Agency and Fed­er­al Bureau of Inves­ti­ga­tion will need to start wind­ing […]
Published at:12:16 AM on Saturday, May 23rd, 2015
Written by:Andrew Villeneuve
Categories:Civil Liberties, Policy Topics, Technology
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