April 18, 2023

In this article, we discuss the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) delay of the effective date of the revised Safeguards Rule (Rule) and its practical impact on your dealerships. We will then explain why you should not wait to implement data protection and cybersecurity safeguards at your dealership because the FTC will still come after you under another section of the FTC Act that gives them broad authority.

The 88th Texas Legislature recently passed the midway point of the session — now that there are less than 70 days left, the real work begins. The March 10 deadline for legislators to file bills to be considered by the Texas Senate and House this session left us with 5,301 HBs and 2,565 SBs filed for a record-setting 7,866 total bills.