UPDATE

March 11, 2021:  Rep. Giovanni Capriglione filed HB 3741, a Data Privacy Omnibus bill that has been described as a “heavily modified version of the CCPA.”  If passed, the bill would provide Texas residents with the rights to:

• know
• correct inaccurate information
• access
• data portability
• deletion

 

ENFORCEMENT:  Texas Attorney General’s office

PENALTY:  a civil penalty in an amount of not more than $10,000 for each violation, not to exceed a total of $1 million

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With House Bill 4518 left in committee, Texas Governor Greg Abbot signed House Bill 4390 into law shortly thereafter, thus establishing the Texas Privacy Protection Advisory Council.