Texas Amends State Data Breach Notification Law

On
May
27,
2023,
Texas
Governor
Greg
Abbott

signed
into
law
an

amendment
to
Texas’s
data
breach
notification
law.
The
amendment
shortens
the
time
period
for
notifying
the
Texas
Attorney
General,
requiring
notification
of
a
data
breach
as
soon
as
practicable
and
not
later
than
30
days
after
discovery
of
the
breach.
The
amendment
also
requires
notification
to
the
Texas
Attorney
General
to
be
submitted
electronically
using
a
form
accessed
through
the
Texas
Attorney
General’s
Internet
website.
The
amendment
will
take
effect
on
September
1,
2023.

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