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Re:Microsoft can’t get privacy bill passed in its home state... by zynkb0a on Wednesday April 29, 2020 @10:32AM (#23019687)
The EFF has a good breakdown of their concerns with Washington Privacy Act: https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2020/03/tech-lobbyists-are-pus...

ACLU WA openly opposed the bill: https://www.aclu-wa.org/docs/letter-community-organizations-...

It seems the issue lies in tech companies preempting privacy legislation with proposals that are largely toothless. While the EFF sought to add amendments that would make the bill more robust, ACLU WA sought to quash it all together which makes me wonder what the reasoning was for not attempting to amend the bill.

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Re:Microsoft can’t get privacy bill passed in its home state... by prepperpotts on Wednesday April 29, 2020 @10:54AM (#23019988)
Interesting. The concerns about facial recognition definitely make a lot of sense.
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