A survey on privacy activism (1/N)
We're experimenting with decentralized social networks like Mastodon and Bluesky as part of our advocacy. Initial results are promising -- legislators told us they got a lot of mail before the February 14 committee vote on the People's Privacy Act, which is great, and the committee voted 7-4 to advance the bill, which is even better! Still, there's a long way to go, and room for improvement.
A survey on privacy activism (2/N)
We want to hear from you whether or not you're in Washington state, whether or not you've participated in the activism so far, and whether or not you've got an account on any of these social networks! Feel free to fill it out anonymously if you want. If you do opt-in and provide contact information so that we can follow up with you, we will only use it for this purpose.
A survey on privacy activism (3/N)
If you prefer fediverse polls to a survey ... good news! Read on for polls approximating some of the key questions!
A survey on privacy activism (5/N)
There are a lot of reasons to pass a privacy bill. Which of these resonate the most with you? We'll use this to refine the messaging in our campaign. Or if you've got other suggestions, put them in the reply!
A survey on privacy activism (6/N)
Privacy protetions are especially critical for vulnerable groups. Dangerous Data: the role of data collection in genocides (from 2016) discusses the role that data abuse played in the the Rwanda genocide, the Holocaust, and the mass incarceration of Japanese Americans in World War II.
In th US today, who do you see as especially vulnerable to data abuse?
(If there are other groups you're concerned about please leave a comment!)
A survey on privacy activism (7/N)
Are you interested in helping with ongoing activism? You don't have to be a Washington state resident for any of these!
We'll share actions here, but if you want us to follow up with you directly, please send us a DM with the best way to contact you.
(Video editing is listed because there are some useful videos we'd like to share but we don't currently have anybody with the skills and time)
A survey on privacy activism (8/N)
If you're in Washington, are you interested in contacting legislators? We'll have a script or email template available along with instructions to make it easy.
(We'll share actions here, so you can participate even if you don't reply to this question, we're trying to estimate how many people we can get involved.)
A survey on privacy activism (9/N)
If you're intersted in participating, how much time will you probably have to help over the next few weeks Of course, things come up, so this is just an estimate!
A survey on privacy activism (10/10, for now)
What other questions should we ask?
Do you have any suggestions, questions of your own, feedback, or comments?
If so please let us know in the replies! Or, if you'd prefer to fill out the survey, there's a question for this at the end.
@waprivacy was reading the site on past efforts. It’s not clear to me why the laws discussed here https://wa-privacy.net/leg-session-ends/ where considered bad. With the newer wa health privacy law passed. What are the gaps in privacy law we need to focus on going forward? Maybe a post on the current state of things and what to watch out for from the ad-tech companies.
@trode good point, we;ll try to get a post up on where the current gaps are.
My Health My Data only prtoects health data, so other sensitive data like race, ethnicity, gender, immigration status, and union membership are currently unprotected. And there aren't any general requirements for data minimization or consent, so we also need the law to cover situations like Allstate paying GasBuddy and other apps to secretly track driving behavior and using the data to adjust rates and deny coverage.
@trode and here's a detaild post on the problems with the older Bad Washingint Privacy Act. https://jedii.tech/the-illusion-of-protection/
@grey that's certainly true, and it's very likely to get a lot worse here in the US. The full CryptPad survey already had an option related to protesters, I'll also add one for people expressing unpopular political opinions. Thanks!