Washington has no comprehensive consumer privacy statute, so obligations there come from its breach-notification law, sector-specific rules and federal statutes. This page collects our coverage touching Washington. For the underlying law rather than the news, see our Washington privacy law page.
Biometric Privacy
August 24, 2026
Illinois is not the only state with a biometric privacy statute — it is the only one where a private plaintiff can bring the claim. Texas, Washington and Colorado each regulate the capture and retention of biometric identifiers, and each reserves enforcement to a state official. This guide reads the three statutes against each other and traces what that enforcement design produces in practice.
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Consumer Health Data
August 24, 2026
HIPAA attaches to a category of organisation. A newer class of state statute attaches to a category of information instead, defined by what it reveals about a person's health rather than by who holds it. This guide compares how Nevada, Maryland and Washington draw that line, and where the federal Health Breach Notification Rule sits alongside them.
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Facial Recognition
August 24, 2026
There is no national facial recognition statute, and the law that exists does not divide by state so much as by who is operating the system. Government deployment has produced warrant requirements, accountability reports and mandatory human review. Private deployment has produced one outright municipal ban and a federal enforcement order. This guide sorts the rules along that line.
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Consumer Health Data
August 12, 2026
Most health data collected by apps, wearables and websites falls outside HIPAA, which reaches only covered entities and their business associates. Washington's My Health My Data Act was the first US statute written specifically to close that gap, and it is enforceable by individuals rather than only by the state.
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