State Privacy Laws, Data Protection, Washington

First Washington My Health My Data Act Class Action Lawsuit Filed

Husch Blackwell LLP on 2/12/2025

On February 10, 2025, a class action lawsuit was filed against an online retailer under the Washington My Health My Data (MHMD) Act’s private right of action. The complaint also alleges violations of federal wiretapping and...more

Consumer Health Data Privacy Laws Coming March 31, 2024

Levenfeld Pearlstein, LLC on 3/7/2024

Washington and Nevada join the ever-growing group of states passing laws to regulate data privacy with the Washington My Health My Data Act (“MHMDA”) and the Nevada Consumer Health Data Privacy Law (the “CHDPL”), both of...more

The Staggering Breadth of Washington State’s My Health My Data Act

Fox Rothschild LLP on 5/31/2023

Despite its misleading title, Washington’s My Health My Data Act will regulate many things most people would not think of as health-related data. It will also regulate non-Washington entities, mere processors of...more

My Health My Data: Washington’s Limited but Comprehensive Privacy Law

Miller Nash LLP on 5/23/2023

If you work at a HIPAA-regulated entity, you can stop reading right now. Washington’s My Health My Data Act (MHMD) aims to cover all of the health-related information that consumers believe are protected by some federal law...more

New My Health, My Data Act Part 1: Washington State Joins the Biometric Litigation Fray

Perkins Coie on 5/10/2023

Washington Governor Jay Inslee signed into law House Bill 1155, also known as the My Health, My Data Act (the Act), on April 27, 2023. The Act goes into full effect for “regulated entities” on March 31, 2024 (and later for...more

My Health My Data Act: Consumer Rights

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP on 5/4/2023

In this second post in our ongoing series, we examine the scope of rights given to consumers under the recently enacted My Health My Data Act... The law provides consumers several rights, all of which are in other privacy...more

Washington’s Governor Signs New Health Data Privacy Act

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 5/1/2023

Health data privacy, including in the context of reproductive health, was strengthened last week when Washington Governor Jay Inslee signed the “My Health, My Data Act” on April 27, 2023. Set to take effect on March 31,...more

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