Authorities
The statutes, regulations, cases, agency guidance, legislative history, and enforcement actions behind the guides on this site. Each entry links to its tracker record and to the guides that rely on it.
Statutes (55 entries)
The laws the guides interpret, Texas first, then federal, then other states and the EU/UK.
Featured: Texas Data Privacy and Security Act; Capture or Use of Biometric Identifier Act; Texas SCOPE Act (HB 18); Texas App Store Accountability Act (SB 2420); Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act; EU General Data Protection Regulation.
Regulations (14 entries)
Final rules, one rule under OMB review, and EU implementing decisions.
Featured: DOJ Data Security Program (28 CFR Part 202); GLBA Safeguards Rule; FTC Health Breach Notification Rule amendments; SEC Regulation S-P amendments; California privacy assessment, audit, and ADMT regulations.
Cases (27 entries)
Decided cases and pending matters, kept separate. A petition is not a finding.
Featured: Texas v. HHS; Purl v. HHS; Brookshire Brothers v. Aldridge; Office of the Attorney General v. PFLAG, Inc.; SB 2420 litigation; SCOPE Act litigation (CCIA and SEAT v. Paxton).
Guidance (7 entries)
Agency guidance, policy statements, and releases behind the guides.
Featured: NIST privacy and cybersecurity guidance; OFAC ransomware-payment sanctions risk; FTC 2026 age-verification policy statement; FTC personalized-pricing policy statement and study; Multistate attorney general coordination; AG consumer alert on CIPA website-tracking demand letters (September 17, 2026); AG data privacy and security initiative.
Legislative History (3 entries)
How a bill changed between filing and enactment. Texas bills are sourced from Texas Legislature Online bill analyses and enrolled texts; federal history from Congress.gov and CRS.
First entries: TDPSA (HB 4, 88th Legislature), SCOPE Act (HB 18, 88th Legislature), and SB 2420 (89th Legislature).
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Enforcement (31 entries)
Notices, settlements, investigations, and filed petitions.
Featured: Texas AG TDPSA notice to Alibaba; Texas AG TDPSA notice to CapCut; Texas Attorney General v. Google: privacy settlement; Texas Attorney General v. Meta: biometric settlement; Texas AG Meta AI Studio civil investigative demand; Texas AG DeepSeek investigation.
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