Sec. 421.085. PRIVACY POLICY REQUIRED. (a) Each fusion center operating in this state shall adopt a privacy policy providing at a minimum that, with respect to an individual or organization, the fusion center: (1) will not seek, collect, or retain information that is based solely on any of the following factors, as applicable to that individual or organization: (A) religious, political, or social views or activities; (B) participation in a particular organization or event; or (C) race, ethnicity, citizenship, place of origin, age, disability, gender, or sexual orientation; and (2) will take steps to ensure that any agency that submits information to the fusion center does not submit information based solely on a factor described by Subdivision (1). (b) In a criminal investigation, a factor described by Subsection (a)(1) may not alone give rise to reasonable suspicion. However, a factor described by Subsection (a)(1) may be used in connection with a specific description of a suspect in the investigation.
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