News & Analysis as of August 5, 2025

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Takeaways from First Washington My Health My Data Act Complaint

Quarles & Brady LLP on 2/14/2025

It took some time, but we officially have the first complaint filed alleging violations of the Washington My Health, My Data Act (“MHMDA”). The complaint, filed February 10 in the U.S. District Court Western District of...more

Washington State Privacy Update: My Health My Data Act is Now Effective

Buchalter on 8/15/2024

A little more than a year ago, on July 23, 2023, the Washington My Health My Data Act (WMHMDA) was passed into law. The law originally went into effect on March 31, 2024, however the compliance deadline for small businesses...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

Washington State’s My Health, My Data Act Sent to Governor

Jackson Lewis P.C. on 4/26/2023

Since the privacy and security regulations were issued under the federal Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA), critics pointed to the limitations on the reach of those rules. A critical limitation...more

Washington to Pass Benchmark Privacy Protections for Consumer Health Data: The 10 Most Important Questions for Businesses

Fisher Phillips on 4/18/2023

Washington State lawmakers just passed the most consequential privacy legislation in the country since the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) was adopted in 2018, which will soon require businesses to take significant...more

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