Texas, Florida Latest States to Pass Data Privacy Bills

Texas and Florida are likely to soon join four other states that have passed comprehensive data privacy laws in 2023. 

The bills in Texas and Florida await their governors' signatures.

The other four states that have passed data privacy laws this year include Montana, Indiana, Iowa and Tennessee.

All the bills contain a Gramm-Leach Bliley Act (GLBA) exemption. ALTA has held that any comprehensive data privacy legislation should include an exemption for entities subject to the GLBA. Since 1999, this federal law has strictly limited financial institutions’ use and sharing of customers’ personal information. Additionally, financial institutions are required to assure the security of this information and provide comprehensive disclosures to consumers. Click here to view ALTA’s principles for data privacy laws.

Additionally, there are exemptions for publicly available data. Each state’s bills can be accessed below:

• Texas
• Florida

Five other states—California, Colorado, Connecticut, Utah and Virginia—already have enacted comprehensive consumer data privacy laws. The laws have several provisions in common, such as the right to access and delete personal information and to opt-out of the sale of personal information, among others.