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Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 501.052: PRIVACY POLICY NECESSARY TO REQUIRE DISCLOSURE OF SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER.
Where this section sits in the code
- BUSINESS AND COMMERCE CODE
- TITLE 11. PERSONAL IDENTITY INFORMATION
- SUBTITLE A. IDENTIFYING INFORMATION
- CHAPTER 501. PROTECTION OF DRIVER'S LICENSE AND SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS
- SUBCHAPTER B. PRIVACY POLICY TO PROTECT SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBERS
(a) A person may not require an individual to disclose the individual's social security number to obtain goods or services from or enter into a business transaction with the person unless the person:
(1) adopts a privacy policy as provided by Subsection (b);
(2) makes the privacy policy available to the individual; and
(3) maintains under the privacy policy the confidentiality and security of the social security number disclosed to the person.
(b) A privacy policy adopted under this section must include:
(1) how personal information is collected;
(2) how and when the personal information is used;
(3) how the personal information is protected;
(4) who has access to the personal information; and
(5) the method of disposal of the personal information.
Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 885 (H.B. 2278), Sec. 2.01, eff. April 1, 2009.
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