Texas Data Privacy and Security Act, definition of consumer (Tex. Bus. & Com. Code 541.001(7))
Texas excludes people acting in a commercial or employment context, so staff and business-contact data in company records is outside the Texas act.
Dated 17 Oct 2026Source checked 17 Oct 2026Basis: primary text
In the source's own words
“"Consumer" means an individual who is a resident of this state acting only in an individual or household context. The term does not include an individual acting in a commercial or employment context.”
Where it was read
Also read from the same source
- Texas Data Privacy and Security Act, definitions (sale of personal data) (Tex. Bus. & Com. Code 541.001(28))
- Texas Data Privacy and Security Act, controller duties (sensitive data consent) (Tex. Bus. & Com. Code 541.101(b)(4))
- Texas Data Privacy and Security Act, privacy notice (sale of sensitive data) (Tex. Bus. & Com. Code 541.102(b))
- Texas Data Privacy and Security Act, deidentified or pseudonymous data (Tex. Bus. & Com. Code 541.106(a))
- Texas Data Privacy and Security Act, effective date (H.B. 4, 2023) (Tex. Bus. & Com. Code ch. 541, history note)
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