Saddle Up Again: Texas Joins States With Comprehensive Consumer Privacy Laws

Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed the Texas Data Privacy and Security Act (TDPSA) into law on June 18, 2023. The comprehensive privacy and data security law will go into effect on July 1, 2024. The law and legislative history are available here.

We previously covered the TDPSA as it made its way through the Texas House of Representatives. The TDPSA largely follows the structure and terminology found in similar privacy and data security laws in Virginia and Colorado. Specifically, the TDPSA requires various disclosures around the collection and processing of personal data, provides consumers with rights to their data, requires opt-outs for certain data processing, and imposes obligations on controllers and processors, including honoring global opt-out signals. According to Texas State Representative Giovanni Capriglioni, who authored the original House Bill 4 on which the TDPSA is based, the TDPSA is intended to be business friendly by, among other things,