Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has launched an investigation into a China-founded network equipment maker over potential violations of state law, alleging the company may have shared consumer data with China’s communist regime.
Paxton announced the investigation against TP-Link Systems on Oct. 6. His office explained that the inquiry will look into whether the California-headquartered company, a spin-off from China’s TP-Link located in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen, has “misled consumers about the degree of its independence from the Chinese.”
According to the company’s website, TP-Link Systems “no longer has any affiliation” with Shenzhen-headquartered TP-LINK Technologies, following their separation that began in 2022 and was completed in 2024….