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Starting September 1, 2025, health care practitioners in Texas are required to store electronic health records in the United States under a new Act. This requirement is found in a recently enacted law that also includes...more
Texas recently enacted a pair of laws aimed at AI governance in the public sector and in healthcare. Starting September 1, 2025, there will be statutory authorization for health care practitioners (HCPs) in Texas to use AI...more
Welcome to your monthly rundown of all things cyber, privacy, and technology, where we highlight all the happenings you may have missed. State Action: Texas Limits Punitive Damage Liability For Data Security Breach...more
Texas is getting into the AI action, with a new law (the Texas Responsible Artificial Intelligence Governance Act) that will place restrictions not only on AI use by government agencies, but businesses as well. In particular,...more
On June 22, 2025, Texas Governor Greg Abbott signed the Texas Responsible Artificial Intelligence Governance Act (TRAIGA or the Texas AI Act) into law. The new law goes into effect January 1, 2026. The law places obligations...more
Keypoint: Last week, governors in Colorado, Oregon, Nebraska, and Texas signed bills into law while bills advanced in Maine, Oregon, Vermont, and Texas. Below is the twenty first weekly update on the status of proposed state...more
Keypoint: Last week, Oregon and New Jersey advanced bills to amend their state’s consumer data privacy laws, California committees advanced several bills, Nebraska enacted a social media law, and Texas advanced several social...more
As noted in our last two client alerts, the issue as to who should be the watchdog to protect consumer personal data is coming to a head in the chapter 11 bankruptcy cases of 23andMe Holding Co and its affiliated debtors...more
The Virginia law, like the Colorado Act, would have imposed various obligations on companies involved in the creation or deployment of high-risk AI systems that influence significant decisions about individuals in areas such...more
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced on February 14, 2024, that his office has opened an investigation into DeepSeek’s privacy practices. DeepSeek, an artificial intelligence company with ties to the People’s Republic...more
Texas AG Ken Paxton has announced an investigation into the artificial intelligence company DeepSeek’s privacy practices and its claims that its AI model rivals the most advanced AI models in the world, including OpenAI....more
On January 13, 2025, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (“Texas AG”) filed the first-ever enforcement action under the Texas Data Privacy and Security Act (“TDPSA”) against insurance company Allstate and its subsidiary, Arity...more
The enforcement landscape of recently enacted state consumer privacy laws in the United States is beginning to take shape, with state attorneys general (AGs) or designated specialized enforcement agencies leading the charge. ...more
The old saying goes, “Don’t mess with Texas.” The same can be said of the Texas Privacy Act. The Texas Department of Information Resources recently issued an implementation status for the act....more
California Bills, Rulemaking, and Enforcement Update - CPPA automated decision-making technology - On November 22, 2024, the California Privacy Protection Agency (CPPA) opened the formal public comment period on its...more
On January 13, 2025, Texas Attorney General’s Office filed its first lawsuit enforcing the Texas Data Privacy and Security Act (“TDPSA”). The law went into effect on July 1, 2024. The complaint also states claims under Texas’...more
Under the banner of strengthening consumer data protection, Texas is ramping up enforcement of its comprehensive data privacy act, sending a nationwide signal that Texas is serious about safeguarding the personal data of...more
As we enter into the heart of the summer there is no time to relax in privacy-land with the next batch of “comprehensive” privacy laws coming into effect on July 1. Namely, those in Texas and Oregon (and Florida if you count...more
CALIFORNIA - On March 29, 2024, the amended California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) regulations will take effect. These regulations were originally slated to take effect in 2023, but a court ruling (that is being appealed)...more
Texas has joined Arkansas and Utah as the third state to impose requirements on social media accounts for those under 18. Namely, with the Securing Children Online through Parental Empowerment Act (“SCOPE Act”), Texas will...more
Texas recently enacted an amendment to its data breach notification law. As of September 1, 2023, there are two changes to the requirements when notifying the Texas Attorney General. In Texas, breaches of 250 residents or...more
New Requirements Include Identifying Specific Third Parties to Whom Businesses Disclose Data and Consent for Targeted Advertising to Teens - Texas, Oregon, and Delaware are the latest states to join the growing landscape...more
In recent years, the Lone Star State has been vigilant in enacting cybersecurity and data privacy laws to protect individuals and businesses from the disastrous effects of a data breach. Here is a timeline of previous...more
In June, Texas became the tenth state with a comprehensive privacy law. The Texas Data Privacy and Security Act (“TDPSA”) contains familiar provisions from other state privacy laws regulating the collection, use, processing,...more
This year has so far proven to be quite active in terms of state privacy legislation. In 2022, California, Virginia, Colorado, Utah, and Connecticut were the five states with consumer privacy laws on the books, all set to...more