State Enforcement on Data Disclosure May Reshape Tech Industry Practices

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sued Netflix, five TV manufacturers (Sony, Samsung, LG, Hisense, TCL), and Temu for alleged undisclosed data collection. The lawsuits target inadequate consent mechanisms rather than data collection itself. This mirrors early 2000s state-level enforcement that forced industry-wide privacy policy changes before federal regulators acted. The pattern suggests states are filling the gap left by absent comprehensive federal privacy law.