United States of America: 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

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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…

Scope

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
Implementation Level
subnational
Government Branch
executive
Government Body
other regulatory body

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2025-05-06
under investigation

On 6 May 2025, the Texas Office of the Attorney General issued an interim enforcement notice in its…

2025-10-06
under deliberation

On 6 October 2025, the Attorney General of Texas announced an investigation into TP Link, a network…