On May 28, the Texas legislature passed the Texas Data Privacy and Security Act (TDPSA), also known as H.B. 4. The TDPSA was sent to Governor Greg Abbott on May 30. If signed into law, the TDPSA will take effect on July 1, 2024. Below is a summary of some the key takeaways from the TDSPA.
Applicability and Scope
TDPSA is unique to the other nine U.S. state privacy laws that have passed to date in that there is no threshold revenue requirement for covered entities or threshold requirements for the amount of personal data that is processed. Accordingly, TDPSA has a much broader reach and applies to entities that: (1) conduct business in Texas; and (2) process or engage in the sale of personal data.
