United States of America: Attorney General of Texas investigation into TP-Link, Alibaba, CapCut, and other Chinese and CCP-affiliated companies over alleged violation of Texas privacy laws

Progress

Current status

under deliberation

06 Oct 2025 under deliberation

06 May 2025 under investigation

Scope

Implementers

United States of America

Policy Area

Data governance

Policy Instrument

Data protection regulation

Regulated Economic Activity

platform intermediary: user-generated content

platform intermediary: e-commerce

technological consumer goods

software provider: other software

infrastructure provider: cloud computing, storage and databases

Government Branch

executive

Government Body

other regulatory body

Implementation Level

subnational

Timeline of events

06 Oct 2025

under deliberation

Attorney General Ken Paxton announced investigation into TP Link over alleged consumer data abuse

On 6 October 2025, the Attorney General of Texas announced an investigation into TP Link, a networking equipment manufacturer, concerning potential risks related to data access by foreign governments. TP Link, founded in Shenzhen, China, is among th…

Source

Event type investigation

Action type announcement

Government branch executive

Government body other regulatory body

06 May 2025

under investigation

Texas Attorney General issued enforcement notice to TP-Link, Alibaba, CapCut, and other Chinese and CCP-affiliated companies under Texas Data Privacy and Security Act

On 6 May 2025, the Texas Office of the Attorney General issued an interim enforcement notice in its investigation into TP-Link, Alibaba, CapCut, and other Chinese and Chinese Communist Party (CCP)-affiliated companies. The investigation concerns all…