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Bill would require data brokers to publish a link explaining Texans' privacy rights
Summary
Senate Bill 1343 would require data brokers to provide a clearly visible link to instructions for exercising rights under state data privacy law when they register with the Secretary of State; advocacy groups and policy organizations testified in support.
Senate Bill 1343, which would add a consumer-rights link to the existing data-broker registration process, drew supportive testimony from advocates and policy groups at a Committee on Business & Commerce hearing and was left pending.
Senator Johnson, the bill sponsor, said SB 13 43 builds on last session's work requiring a data-broker registry and the Texas Data Privacy and Security Act by directing data brokers to post a clearly visible link on their websites and on their registration with the Secretary of State that explains how Texans can exercise rights such as deletion under House Bill 4.
"This bill would require data brokers to post on their website a clearly visible link that people can click that provides instructions for how they can exercise their rights, including having all of their data that was collected by data brokers deleted," Senator Johnson said.
Witnesses in favor included Brianna Gourdley of Texas Appleseed, David Dunmoyer of the Texas Public Policy Foundation, and Barbara Grimer of the Texas Council on Family Violence. Gourdley said the change would streamline the process for Texans to exercise their rights and align registration with any future changes to state privacy law. Grimer emphasized the bill's importance for survivors of family violence, saying that making the deletion and privacy process visible can be a life-saving measure for people attempting to escape abuse.
The committee closed public testimony and left SB 1343 pending for further committee work.
Ending: Supporters said the measure is a straightforward way to help Texans exercise statutory privacy rights; the committee took no final action during the hearing and left the bill pending.
