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5 NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. SHORT TITLE. This act may be known and
6 cited as the Washington privacy act.
24 NEW SECTION. Sec. 12. ENFORCEMENT. (1) The attorney general has
25 exclusive authority to enforce this chapter by bringing an action in
26 the name of the state, or as parens patriae on behalf of persons
27 residing in the state.
28 (2) Any controller or processor that violates this chapter is
29 subject to an injunction and liable for a civil penalty of not more
30 than seven thousand five hundred dollars for each violation.
8 NEW SECTION. Sec. 15. PRIVACY OFFICE STUDY. (1) The state
9 office of privacy and data protection shall conduct a study on the
10 development of technology, such as a browser setting, browser
11 extension, or global device setting, indicating a consumer's
12 affirmative, freely given, and unambiguous choice to opt out of the
13 processing of personal data for the purposes of targeted advertising,
14 the sale of personal data, or profiling in furtherance of decisions
15 that produce legal effects concerning consumers or similarly
16 significant effects concerning consumers.
17 (2) The office of privacy and data protection shall submit a
18 report of its findings and recommendations to the governor and the
19 appropriate committees of the legislature by October 31, 2021.
20 NEW SECTION. Sec. 16. ATTORNEY GENERAL REPORT. (1) The attorney
21 general shall compile a report evaluating the liability and
22 enforcement provisions of this chapter including, but not limited to,
23 the effectiveness of its efforts to enforce this chapter, and any
24 recommendations for changes to such provisions.
25 (2) The attorney general shall submit the report to the governor
26 and the appropriate committees of the legislature by July 1, 2022.
31 NEW SECTION. Sec. 20. Except for section 15 of this act, this
32 act takes effect July 31, 2021.