Texas sued Netflix on Monday, accusing the streaming company of spying on children and designing its platform to be addictive. Ken Paxton, the Texas attorney general, said Netflix has for years falsely represented to consumers that it did not collect or share user data, when it actually tracked and sold viewers' habits and preferences to commercial data brokers and advertising technology companies, making billions of dollars a year.
The Washington law protects "consumer health data," defined as information linkable to a consumer that identifies their "physical or mental health status." This includes all manner of conditions and treatments, such as gender-affirming and reproductive care.