Nonprofit Quick Tip: State Filings in Washington and Oregon
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
Almost one year ago, Washington State passed the “My Health, My Data” Act (the Act), which aims to protect Washington consumer health data, particularly data related to reproductive healthcare. The Act is the first law in the...more
Friendly reminder – the Washington My Health My Data Act (“WMHMDA”) compliance deadline for regulated entities to post their consumer health data privacy policy is March 31, 2024 (June 30, 2024 for small businesses). A...more
Summer 2023 gave us a blast of new and distinctive consumer health data privacy legislation. The Washington legislature could not wait to start showing off and splashing around in the summer sun by passing the country’s...more
This is Part Eight in a series of legal updates on the Washington My Health My Data Act (“WMHMDA”) where Quarles continues its deep dive into the various factors and intricacies of WMHMDA that are creating waves in the...more
In late April, Washington's governor signed the My Health My Data Act, or MHMD, into law. The law, which goes into effect next year, aims to regulate the vast amount of health-related data processing that takes place...more
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
Keypoint: Claims brought under the Washington My Health My Data Act’s private right of action will turn on whether a plaintiff can prove actual damages that were caused by a violation effecting the plaintiff’s business or...more
On April 27, 2023, the state of Washington enacted a landmark privacy law aimed at protecting the privacy of health data not covered by HIPAA. This law, named the “My Health My Data Act,” covers a very wide range of entities,...more
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
Keypoint: With a private right of action, broad applicability to businesses of all sizes and types, a scope that is broader than its name suggests, and strong consent-based requirements and privacy rights, the Washington My...more
On March 26, with less than a month left in the Washington Legislature’s 2021 session, the House Civil Rights and Judiciary Committee (CRJC) passed the Washington privacy act (2SSB 5062), with amendments, on a straight...more