Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 542.003 · Chapter 542. CYBERSECURITY PROGRAM
CYBERSECURITY PROGRAM SAFE HARBOR: EXEMPLARY DAMAGES PROHIBITED.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
Notwithstanding any other law, in an action arising from a breach of system security, a person harmed as a result of the breach may not recover exemplary damages from a business entity to which this chapter applies if the entity demonstrates that at the time of the breach the entity implemented and maintained a cybersecurity program in compliance with Section 542.004.
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History
Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1029 (S.B. 2610), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2025.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/BC/htm/BC.542.htm
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