Binding law — in force
Inform and obtain consent before capturing face or voice biometrics for a commercial purpose (Texas)
A person may not capture an individual's biometric identifier (retina or iris scan, fingerprint, voiceprint, or record of hand or face geometry) for a commercial purpose without first informing the individual and receiving their consent. Since 2026-01-01, an image or other media on the internet or another public source is not notice or consent unless the individual made it public, and biometric identifiers captured to train an AI system become subject to the section if later used for another commercial purpose. AI training and AI used for security or fraud prevention are excluded unless the system uniquely identifies a specific individual. Detect face or voice template capture with no notice-and-consent gate, including templates built from scraped public images.
tx-bc-503.biometric-capture-notice-and-consent · Tex. Bus. & Com. Code 503.001(b) · official source · jurisdictions: US-TX