Penalty Amount
$3,000,000
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced a settlement requiring Temu to protect Texans’ sensitive personal data from exposure to the Chinese Communist Party and to strengthen product-safety practices. Temu must pay Texas $3 million, comply with data-security requirements backed by a potential $8 million annual penalty, conduct annual independent product testing, and take specified action on products found to contain harmful substances.
Temu must store Texans’ personal data on American-owned and controlled U.S. servers and restrict access from China, subject to essential business functions. It must pay Texas $3 million; violations of specified data-security provisions may trigger an $8 million penalty for each year they occur. Temu must conduct annual independent product-safety testing and, for confirmed harmful products, remove the product, terminate the seller and affiliated stores, notify affected Texas consumers, and issue full refunds.
Review vendor and data-processing agreements for requirements governing U.S. data storage, foreign-person access, access controls, security safeguards, and penalties or termination rights for noncompliance. For marketplace, seller, and product-sourcing agreements, check obligations to conduct independent product-safety testing, disclose or remediate hazardous materials, remove unsafe products, terminate noncompliant sellers, notify affected customers, and provide refunds. Customer-facing terms and privacy notices should align with actual data handling and any required consumer notifications.
Entity
PDD Holdings, Inc. and WhaleCo Inc. (doing business as Temu)
Industry
RetailOfficial Press Release
https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/news/releases/attorney-general-paxton-secures-first-its-kind-settlement-temu-protect-texans-data-ccp-and-protect
Temu AFJ
https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/sites/default/files/images/press/Temu%20AFJ.pdf
Texas Attorney General Enforcement Page
https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/consumer-protection/privacy
"PDD Holdings, Inc. and WhaleCo Inc., doing business as the global online shopping platform “Temu,”"
"Temu will also pay $3 million to the State of Texas."
"Failure to abide by various data security provisions would result in an $8,000,000 penalty each year a violation occurs."
"claiming that Temu unlawfully deceived consumers by exposing Texans’ sensitive personal data to the CCP."
"The company must store Texans’ personal data on American-owned and controlled servers located in the United States. They must restrict access to that data by individuals and entities based in China, subject to essential business functions."
"October 16, 2026 | Press Release"
$773.0M
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced that a multistate coalition had secured an opioid settlement with Albertsons, which would require the grocery chain to pay more than $773 million nationally once final. Texas and its political subdivisions may receive up to $57.8 million for opioid abatement; the release does not identify privacy violations.
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$1.5M
The Texas Attorney General obtained a judgment holding Rubinsky Roofing LLC liable for 27 violations of the Texas Deceptive Trade Practices Act, including deceptive practices involving older consumers and payment for unnecessary or unfinished repairs. The judgment requires more than $1.5 million in civil penalties, allocates at least $500,000 to consumer restitution, and permanently bars the company and its owner from the practices at issue.
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$7.5M
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