Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 324.051
A person other than the owner or operator of the computer may not knowingly cause computer software to be copied to a computer in this state and use the software to:
(1) collect personally identifiable information through intentionally deceptive means:
(2) cull, through intentionally deceptive means, the following kinds of personally identifiable information from the consumer's computer hard drive for a purpose wholly unrelated to any of the purposes of the software or service described to an owner or operator of the computer:
Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 885 (H.B. 2278), Sec. 2.01, eff. April 1, 2009.