RCW 50A.25.120 Obligation to prevent disclosure of information—Misuse or unauthorized disclosure.
(1) All private persons, government agencies, and organizations authorized to receive information from the department under this chapter have an affirmative obligation to take all reasonable actions necessary to prevent the disclosure of confidential information.
(2) The disclosure of any records or information by a private person, government agency, or organization that obtained the records or information from the department under this chapter is prohibited unless expressly permitted by this chapter.
(3) If misuse or an unauthorized disclosure of confidential records or information occurs, all parties who are aware of the violation must inform the department immediately and must take all reasonably available actions to rectify the disclosure to the department's standards.
(4) The misuse or unauthorized release of records or information deemed private and confidential under this chapter by any private person, government agency, or organization to which access is permitted by this section shall subject the person, government agency, or organization to a civil penalty of up to twenty thousand dollars in 2018 and annually adjusted by the department based on changes in the United States consumer price index for all urban consumers. Other applicable sanctions under state and federal law also apply.
(5) Suit to enforce this section shall be brought by the attorney general and the amount of any penalties collected shall be paid into the department's family and medical leave enforcement account. The attorney general may recover reasonable attorneys' fees for any action brought to enforce this section.
[ 2019 c 13 § 81.]
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