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TEXAS H.B. 698 - CONSUMER PRIVACY, PRIVACY (FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS), PRIVACY (GENERAL)

Summary: Requires a business that disposes of a business record that contains personal identifying information of a customer of the business to modify, by shredding, erasing, or other means, the personal identifying information to make it unreadable or undecipherable.

Defines "personal identifying information" as an individual's: (1) name, date of birth or social security number; (2) mother's maiden name; (3) unique biometric data; (4) unique electronic identification number, address or routing code; (5) telecommunication access device, including debit and credit card information; (6) financial institution account number or any other financial information and (7) telephone number.

Items to be destroyed before discarding:

Account information * Accounting Documents * Bank Statements * Bid Proposals * Cancelled Checks * Check Copies * Customer addresses * Customer Billing Information * Customer Names * Customer phone numbers * Contract Drafts * Drafts of Letters * Education Records * Employee Records * Financial Analysis * Insurance Records * Loan Documents * Market Analysis * Marketing Lists * Medical Information * Mis-Aligned Forms * Mis-Printed Copies * Obsolete Contracts * Outdated Service Contracts * Patient Billing Information * Patient Names * Payroll Details * Phone logs * Phone Messages * Purchase Orders * Sales Reports * Sales Details * Shipping Data * Supplier Information * Social Security Numbers

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