Texas Business and Commerce Code 501.051 – Inapplicability of Subchapter
Terms Used In Texas Business and Commerce Code 501.051
- Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005
This subchapter does not apply to:
(1) a person who is required to maintain and disseminate a privacy policy under:
(A) the Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act (15 U.S.C. Sections 6801 to 6809);
(B) the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (20 U.S.C. § 1232g); or
(C) the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (42 U.S.C. § 1320d et seq.);
(2) a covered entity under rules adopted by the commissioner of insurance relating to insurance consumer health information privacy or insurance consumer financial information privacy;
(3) a governmental body, as defined by § 552.003, Government Code, other than a municipally owned utility;
(4) a person with respect to a loan transaction, if the person is not engaged in the business of making loans; or
(5) a person subject to § 901.457, Occupations Code.