What Is
What Is the Texas AG Data Privacy Enforcement Program?
The Texas Attorney General enforces the Texas Data Privacy and Security Act. Only the Attorney General enforces the TDPSA; the Act creates no private lawsuit. Enforcement runs through the Attorney General's data privacy and security initiative, using civil investigative demands to obtain information, including data protection assessments, and lawsuits under the TDPSA and the Deceptive Trade Practices Act (Tex. Bus. & Com. Code ch. 541; Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 17.47).
The program covers more than the TDPSA. The Attorney General has brought privacy matters under the Capture or Use of Biometric Identifier Act, the Texas SCOPE Act, and the DTPA, and has issued TDPSA notices to online platforms. Settlements in these matters bind the parties on their terms and set no precedent for anyone else.
Pinpoint: Tex. Bus. & Com. Code ch. 541; Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 17.47. Related term: Texas AG data privacy enforcement (TDPSA; DTPA).