Cybersecurity Policy Report, Texas Forms Team to Enforce State Data-Protection Laws, (Jun 5, 2024)
Texas has established a team to focus on aggressive enforcement of Texas privacy laws in a major data privacy and security initiative to ensure companies respect Texans’ privacy rights and safeguard their personal data.
As stated in a news release, the data privacy team will focus on the enforcement of Texas’s privacy protection laws, including “the Data Privacy and Security Act, the Identify Theft Enforcement and Protection Act, the Data Broker Law, the Biometric Identifier Act, the Deceptive Trade Practices Act and federal laws including the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA).”
“Any entity abusing or exploiting Texans’ sensitive data will be met with the full force of the law,” Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R.) said. “Companies that collect and sell data in an unauthorized manner, harm consumers financially, or use artificial intelligence irresponsibly present risks to our citizens that we take very seriously. As many companies seek more and more ways to exploit data they collect about consumers, I am doubling down to protect privacy rights.”
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