Texas data broker registration and security
Enacted in force
Fields requiring verification
- enforcement date: Unverified — No distinct enforcement-start date was established. Primary source
In plain English
- Covered data brokers whose principal revenue is from indirect-source personal data and that, over12months, derive more than50% of revenue from processing/transferring such data or derive revenue from doing so for more than50,000 Texas individuals; statutory data/entity exemptions apply. Primary source
- Register with the secretary of state to conduct covered business, pay the statutory $300 fee and renew on the registration anniversary. Primary source
- Post the required conspicuous data-broker notice on a maintained website or mobile app. Primary source
- Maintain a written comprehensive information-security program with administrative, technical and physical safeguards. Primary source
Dates and phased obligations
Act effective2023-09-01; covered processing from2023-12-01; initial registration timing subject to implementing rules Primary source
Act legal-effective date2023-09-01; Chapter509 applies to processing from2023-12-01. Section2 required registration rules by2023-12-01 with adequate compliance time. This row does not invent a first registration deadline from the processing date. Source and qualifications
Questions from this record
Who does SB2105 (2023); Business&CommerceCodeCh509 cover?
Covered data brokers whose principal revenue is from indirect-source personal data and that, over12months, derive more than50% of revenue from processing/transferring such data or derive revenue from doing so for more than50,000 Texas individuals; statutory data/entity exemptions apply. Primary source
What is the law’s status?
Enacted / in force Primary source
What date does this record track?
Act effective2023-09-01; covered processing from2023-12-01; initial registration timing subject to implementing rules Primary source
Has this record been verified?
This record’s accepted facts were last reviewed on 2026-11-13; unsupported comparison fields remain Unverified. Primary source
- Texas Legislature, enrolled SB2105§§509.001–.009; Act§§2–4
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