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Data protection in United States — Texas

Personal data, privacy, cybersecurity duties, processing, and cross-border transfers. Every result links to its stored legal text and available official source evidence.

229 matching statutes

• United States — Texas

  Occupations Code § 1702.104

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  This section defines when a person is an investigations company and creates two exceptions for certain computer-related work.

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• United States — Texas

  Government Code § 2054.137

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  State agencies over 150 full-time employees must designate a full-time data management officer; smaller agencies may do so or share one with department approval.

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  Education Code § 51.955

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  State agencies that spend appropriated funds may not sign certain research contracts or adopt certain rules unless specified disclosure or safety-related conditions are met.

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  Election Code § 279.002

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  The secretary of state must adopt election cybersecurity rules, provide best-practices training, and notify legislative committees immediately after learning of a cybersecurity breach affecting election data.

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  Government Code § 323.019

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  The council may collect and use agency information for statistical and policy work, but it must protect personally identifiable information and cannot release it in identifying form.

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• United States — Texas

  Human Resources Code § 40.041

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  The department must create an office of data analytics, and that office must report to the deputy commissioner.

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• United States — Texas

  Government Code § 2054.1265

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  State agencies must post qualifying high-value data sets on a generally accessible website, in raw open-standard format, and provide the department a brief description and link.

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  Utilities Code § 39.5521

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  Utilities that choose advanced metering may recover reasonable and necessary deployment costs, and they must deploy the network as rapidly as practicable. The commission must ensure approved plans and related surcharges do not apply to transmission-voltage customer accounts and follow rules on customer protections, dat

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  Education Code § 1.005

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  The coordinating board must establish up to three education research centers, and the centers must follow data-sharing, confidentiality, and security rules.

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• United States — Texas

  Business & Commerce Code § 321.110

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  A court may, on request and in its discretion, conduct a proceeding in a way that protects the secrecy and security of covered computer-related materials or a party’s trade secret.

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  Health and Safety Code § 394.001

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  This section defines terms used in the chapter, including the commission, executive director, program, vehicle types, and natural gas engine.

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• United States — Texas

  Occupations Code § 2402.152

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  Public entities generally may not disclose transportation-network-company records to third parties, and must protect the information when handling it.

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