Bill Text: TX SB782 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the employment of a chief privacy officer in the Department of Information Resources.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-01 - Referred to Business & Commerce [SB782 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-SB782-Introduced.html

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88R4050 LRM-F
By: Birdwell S.B. No. 782

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the employment of a chief privacy officer in the
Department of Information Resources.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 2054, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 2054.0287 to read as follows:
Sec. 2054.0287. CHIEF PRIVACY OFFICER. (a) The executive
director shall employ a chief privacy officer to provide assistance
to state agencies on legal and policy matters involving data
privacy. The chief privacy officer shall:
(1) conduct a biennial privacy review that compiles
information about the data privacy practices of state agencies,
including, for each agency, information about:
(A) the specific privacy policies implemented;
(B) the type of data collected;
(C) how the data collected by the agency is
obtained, shared, secured, stored, and discarded;
(D) the persons with whom the agency shares the
data; and
(E) how the agency deidentifies or anonymizes the
data;
(2) develop and implement best practices among state
agencies to ensure compliance with privacy laws;
(3) provide state agencies and their employees with
guidance related to best practices on data privacy; and
(4) coordinate data protection in cooperation with the
chief information officer and the chief data officer described by
Sections 2054.0285 and 2054.0286, respectively.
(b) Each state agency shall cooperate with the chief privacy
officer in fulfilling the requirements of this section.
(c) The chief privacy officer may assist local governments
and the public with data privacy and protection concerns by:
(1) developing and promoting the dissemination of best
practices for the collection and storage of personally identifiable
information, including establishing and conducting training
programs for local governments; and
(2) educating consumers about the use of personally
identifiable information on mobile and digital networks and
measures that can help protect the user's data.
SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date
of this Act, the executive director of the Department of
Information Resources shall employ a chief privacy officer as
required by Section 2054.0287, Government Code, as added by this
Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.