Friday February 28 was the "fiscal deadline": any bills in the House not approved by the Appropriations committee are dead for the session.  Alas, Appropriations never called a hearing or scheduled a vote on either of the bills we were supporting.  HB 1671 (the People's Privacy Act) had a budget of $825,000 / year for 4.7 people in the Attorney General's Office ... the overall budget situation is dire (we're at risk for running a deficit, and there's a lot of reluctance to increase taxes […]

<p>The People&#8217;s Privacy Act has passed its first hurdle &#8230; so noow&#8217;s a good time time to tell your legislators to STRENGTHEN and PASS the People&#8217;s Privacy Act.  Here&#8217;s how to do it via email, phone, or the web form on the legislature&#8217;s site.</p>

Washington Privacy Organizers is experimenting with using decentralized social networks like Mastodon and Bluesky as part of our advocacy for strong privay legislation in Washington state.  The initial results are promising -- legislators told us they got a lot of mail before the February 14 committee vote on the People's Privacy Act, which is great, and the committee voted 7-4 to advance the bill, which is even better!  Still, there's a long way to go, and room for improvement. You're […]

<p>Now&#8217;s a crucial time to tell your legislators to pass the People&#8217;s Privacy Act.  Here&#8217;s the instructions for how to do it using the web form on the legislature&#8217;s site, phone, or email.</p>

If you're one of the millions of people who have decided to get away from corporate social networks controlled by big tech companies that make money by exploiting your data, here's how you can follow Washington Privacy Organizers On Bluesky: @wa-privacy.net On the fediverse: <a rel="mention" class="u-url mention" href="https://pnw.zone/@waprivacy">@<span>waprivacy</span></a> You can also follow this blog directly at <a rel="mention" class="u-url mention" href="https://wa-privacy.net/@organizers">@<span>organizers</span></a>.  There's no need to do this if you're following one of the other accounts (they'll also share links to new posts here), but […]