Texas Business & Commerce Code
§ 506.003 — PROHIBITED ACTS
BC § 506.003Title 11. PERSONAL IDENTITY INFORMATION · Part A. IDENTIFYING INFORMATION · Ch. 506. REIDENTIFICATION OF DEIDENTIFIED INFORMATION
Statute text
View on source(a)A person may not:
(1)reidentify or attempt to reidentify personal identifying information about an individual who is the subject of covered information; or
(2)knowingly disclose or release covered information that was reidentified in violation of this section.
(b)It is a defense to a civil action or prosecution for a violation of this section that:
(1)the person:
(A)was reidentifying the covered information for the purpose of a study or other scholarly research, including performing an evaluation or test of software intended to deidentify information; and
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Legislative history
Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 953 (S.B. 1213), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2015.