Employee Privacy: Washington

Federal law and guidance on this subject should be reviewed together with this section.

Author: Ina R. Silvergleid

Updating Author: Brightmine Editorial Team 

Summary

This guide highlights key aspects of Washington law impacting privacy in the workplace. It covers eavesdropping, surveillance, confidential employee assistance program information, common law invasion of privacy claims, application and interview inquiries, applicant and employee testing, personnel files access, data breaches, confidential data disposal, RFID and GPS monitoring, social media privacy and consumer health data privacy.