2 Texas Data Broker Bills Take Effect Sept. 1
Data brokers face new requirements starting Sept. 1 under two Texas bills that Gov. Greg Abbott (R) signed Friday.
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SB-2121 amends the definition of data broker in state law (Chapter 509) “to mean a business entity that collected, processed, or transferred, rather than whose principal source of revenue was derived from the collecting, processing, or transferring of, personal data that it did not collect directly from the individual linked or linkable to the data,” said a bill digest.
It also says Chapter 509 covers any data broker that has, over the last 12 months, derived “more than 50 percent of its revenue directly from processing or transferring personal data not collected by the data broker” or “revenue directly from processing or transferring the personal data of more than 50,000 individuals not collected by the data broker.”
In addition, Abbott signed SB-1343, a bill that requires data brokers registering in Texas to include a link to their website instructing consumers about exercising data privacy rights under the state’s comprehensive privacy law.
The data broker bills passed the legislature in late May (see 2505270048 and 2506020009).