Attorney General Ken Paxton announced the establishment of a data privacy team that will focus on enforcement of Texas privacy laws. The initiative is housed within the OAG’s Consumer Protection Division. The data privacy team will focus on the enforcement of Texas’s privacy protection laws including the Data Privacy and Security Act, the Identify Theft Enforcement and Protection Act, the Data Broker Law, the Biometric Identifier Act, the Deceptive Trade Practices Act and federal laws including the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act and the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act.