Revised Code of Washington Chapter 50.13 — Records and Information—Privacy and Confidentiality

Washington · statute · Wash. Rev. Code ch. 50.13 · 14 active provisions

Wash. Rev. Code § 50.13.015

Information held private and confidential—Requests for disclosure

(1) If information provided to the department by another governmental agency is held private and confidential by state or federal laws, the department may not release such information.(2) Information provided to the department by another governmental entity conditioned upon privacy and confidentiality is to be held pri…

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Wash. Rev. Code § 50.13.020

Information or records deemed private and confidential—Exceptions

Any information or records concerning an individual or employing unit obtained by the employment security department pursuant to the administration of this title shall be private and confidential, except as otherwise provided in this chapter. This chapter does not create a rule of evidence. Information or records may b…

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Wash. Rev. Code § 50.13.030

Rules

The commissioner shall have the authority to adopt, amend, or rescind rules interpreting and implementing the provisions of this chapter.

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Wash. Rev. Code § 50.13.040

Access of individual or employing unit to records and information

(1) An individual shall have access to all records and information concerning that individual held by the employment security department, unless the information is exempt from disclosure under RCW 42.56.410.(2) An employing unit shall have access to its own records and to any records and information relating to a benef…

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Wash. Rev. Code § 50.13.050

Access to records or information by interested party in proceeding before appeal tribunal or commissioner—Decisions not private and confidential, exception

(1) Any interested party, as defined by rule, in a proceeding before the appeal tribunal or commissioner shall have access to any information or records deemed private and confidential under this chapter if the information or records are material to the issues in that proceeding.(2) No decisions by the commissioner or…

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Wash. Rev. Code § 50.13.060

Access to records or information by governmental agencies

(1) Unless otherwise required by federal law, only state and local governmental agencies and federally recognized Indian tribes as defined in Title 26 U.S.C. Sec. 3306(u) of the federal unemployment tax act may have access to information or records deemed private and confidential under this chapter if the information o…

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Wash. Rev. Code § 50.13.070

Availability of records or information to parties to judicial or administrative proceedings—Discovery proceedings—Subpoenas

Information or records deemed private and confidential under this chapter shall be available to parties to judicial or formal administrative proceedings only upon a written finding by the presiding officer that the need for the information or records in the proceeding outweighs any reasons for the privacy and confident…

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Wash. Rev. Code § 50.13.080

Disclosure of records or information to private persons or organizations contracting to assist in operation and management of department—Penalties

(1) The employment security department shall have the right to disclose information or records deemed private and confidential under this chapter to any private person or organization when such disclosure is necessary to permit private contracting parties to assist in the operation and management of the employment secu…

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Wash. Rev. Code § 50.13.090

Disclosure of records or information to contracting governmental or private organizations

Where the employment security department contracts to provide services to other governmental or private organizations, the department may disclose to those organizations information or records deemed private and confidential which have been acquired in the performance of the department's obligations under the contracts…

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Wash. Rev. Code § 50.13.100

Disclosure of records or information where identifying details deleted or individual or employing unit consents

Nothing in this chapter shall prevent the disclosure of information or records deemed private and confidential under this chapter if all details identifying an individual or employing unit are deleted so long as the information or records cannot be foreseeably combined with other publicly available information to revea…

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Wash. Rev. Code § 50.13.110

Disclosure of confidential information—Duty to prevent—Prohibition—Penalties—Exemptions

(1) All private persons, governmental agencies, and organizations authorized to receive information from the employment security department under this chapter have an affirmative obligation to take all reasonable actions necessary that are designed to prevent the disclosure of confidential information.(2) The disclosur…

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Wash. Rev. Code § 50.13.120

Administration and oversight of this chapter—Agency privacy officer—Report to governor and legislature

(1) The employment security department shall designate an agency privacy officer to oversee the administration of this chapter and chapter 50A.25 RCW. In coordination with the state office of privacy and data protection, the agency privacy officer must:(a) Develop an agency personal information minimization policy to r…

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Wash. Rev. Code § 50.13.130

Application to information obtained by the employment security department under Title 50A RCW

Except for RCW 50.13.120, the provisions of this chapter do not apply to information obtained by the employment security department under Title 50A RCW.

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Wash. Rev. Code § 50.13.900

Construction

Any ambiguities in this chapter shall be construed in a manner consistent with federal laws applying to the employment security department. If any provision of this chapter or the application thereof is held invalid by a final decision of any court or declared by the secretary of the department of labor of the United S…

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