Texas Office of the Attorney General

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Border Security
Election Integrity
Human Trafficking Initiative
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Texas Office of the Attorney General

Leading Initiatives

Border Security
Election Integrity
Human Trafficking Initiative
Big Tech

Recent
News & Press Releases

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Attorney General Ken Paxton Secures Major Victory Preventing Biden-Harris Administration From Unlawfully Sending DOJ Personnel Inside Texas Election Locations
November 5 2024 | Press Release
Attorney General Ken Paxton’s Criminal Justice Division Secures Life Sentence for Capital Murder in Midland
November 22 2024 | Press Release
Attorney General Ken Paxton Secures 30-Year Sentence for Tyler County Man Convicted for Aggravated Sexual Assault of a Child
November 22 2024 | Press Release
Attorney General Ken Paxton’s Medicaid Fraud Control Unit Helps Secure Conviction of Houston Pharmacy Owner in $160M Fraud Scheme
November 22 2024 | Press Release
Attorney General Ken Paxton Secures Over $100 Million in Environmental Penalties From Company Responsible for 2019 Chemical Manufacturing Plant Explosion
November 22 2024 | Press Release
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Effective July 1, 2024
Texas Data Privacy & Security Act

Are you a Texan concerned that your personal information is being unlawfully collected, sold, or mishandled by a business? 

Effective July 1, 2024, the Texas Data Privacy & Security Act grants Texas residents key rights over their personal data. It also requires companies that collect, use, store, sell, share, analyze, or process consumers' personal data to establish privacy protection safeguards. If you believe a company has violated your data privacy rights file a complaint at the link below: 

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Ken Paxton in front of the Texas flag.
About Ken Paxton, The Office and The Leadership Team
KEN PAXTON
Ken Paxton is the 51st Attorney General of Texas. He was elected on November 4, 2014, and sworn into office on January 5, 2015.

As the state's top law enforcement officer, Attorney General Paxton leads more than 4,000 employees in 38 divisions and 117 offices around Texas. That includes nearly 750 attorneys, who handle more than 30,000 cases annually.
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