Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 541.051 · Subchapter B. CONSUMER'S RIGHTS
CONSUMER'S PERSONAL DATA RIGHTS; REQUEST TO EXERCISE RIGHTS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A consumer is entitled to exercise the consumer rights authorized by this section at any time by submitting a request to a controller specifying the consumer rights the consumer wishes to exercise. With respect to the processing of personal data belonging to a known child, a parent or legal guardian of the child may exercise the consumer rights on behalf of the child.
(b) A controller shall comply with an authenticated consumer request to exercise the right to:
(1) confirm whether a controller is processing the consumer's personal data and to access the personal data;
(2) correct inaccuracies in the consumer's personal data, taking into account the nature of the personal data and the purposes of the processing of the consumer's personal data;
(3) delete personal data provided by or obtained about the consumer;
(4) if the data is available in a digital format, obtain a copy of the consumer's personal data that the consumer previously provided to the controller in a portable and, to the extent technically feasible, readily usable format that allows the consumer to transmit the data to another controller without hindrance; or
(5) opt out of the processing of the personal data for purposes of:
(A) targeted advertising;
(B) the sale of personal data; or
(C) profiling in furtherance of a decision that produces a legal or similarly significant effect concerning the consumer.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 995 (H.B. 4), Sec. 2, eff. July 1, 2024.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/BC/htm/BC.541.htm
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Cited by 8 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 541.051. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Business & Commerce Code
- Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 510.005REGISTRATION.Printed as Section 541.051
- Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 541.052CONTROLLER RESPONSE TO CONSUMER REQUEST.Printed as Section 541.051 | Section 541.051(b)(3)
- Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 541.053APPEAL.Printed as Section 541.051
- Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 541.054WAIVER OR LIMITATION OF CONSUMER RIGHTS PROHIBITED.Printed as Sections 541.051, 541.052, and 541.053
- Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 541.055METHODS FOR SUBMITTING CONSUMER REQUESTS.Printed as Sections 541.051(b)(5)(A)
- Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 541.101CONTROLLER DUTIES; TRANSPARENCY.Printed as Section 541.051
- Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 541.104DUTIES OF PROCESSOR.Printed as Section 541.051
- Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 541.106DEIDENTIFIED OR PSEUDONYMOUS DATA.Printed as Section 541.051 | Sections 541.051(b)(1)
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