Washington Privacy Act Reintroduced – Third Time’s the Charm? Published on: 20 January 2021 at 12:00 p.m. ET Jan. 20, 2021, noon Jan. 20, 2021, 9:43 a.m. insideARM.com The iA Institute
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On Jan. 11 Washington State Sen. Reuven Carlyle introduced SB 5062, the Washington Privacy Act (WPA). Its predecessors, SB 6281 and SB 5376, failed to pass in 2020 and 2019, respectively. A public hearing was held before the Environment, Energy & Technology Committee on Jan. 14, and the bill is scheduled for a committee executive session on Jan. 21. Sen. Carlyle thoughtfully released a draft of the legislation in September 2020.
The legislation contains many requirements found in the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) and California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), but also focuses on the roles and responsibilities of “controllers” and “processors” like the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation (GD