Texas And Oregon Adopt New Rules For Data Broker Laws

Earlier this year, Texas and Oregon each passed a data broker registration law, joining California and Vermont to double the number of states that have enacted such legislation. Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed SB 2105 into law on June 18, 2023 and the Office of the Secretary of State adopted on December 1, 2023 a set of rules to operationalize the state's data broker registry. Oregon Governor Tina Kotek signed HB 2052 on July 27, 2023 and the Rulemaking Advisory Committee adopted the Temporary Rules for Data Brokers Registry to be effective from December 1, 2023 through May 28, 2024.

From California's recently enacted Delete Act, which empowers consumers with stronger data deletion rights and increases penalties for noncompliance, to the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's March 2023 request for information about data brokers, state and federal regulators are shining a spotlight on these actors in the data marketplace. The most common way that states