{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-542.003","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Business \u0026 Commerce Code § 542.003","heading":"CYBERSECURITY PROGRAM SAFE HARBOR: EXEMPLARY DAMAGES PROHIBITED.","body":"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.\nAdded by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1029 (S.B. 2610), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2025.","path":["BUSINESS AND COMMERCE CODE","TITLE 11. PERSONAL IDENTITY INFORMATION","SUBTITLE C. CONSUMER DATA PROTECTION","CHAPTER 542. CYBERSECURITY PROGRAM"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/BC/htm/BC.542.htm#542.003","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:46:56Z","sha256":"7b77b98cc8cbbc5587766a425fb27f7c0b24a5c78e038005f1c8aa207fd2b043","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-542.002","next":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-542.004"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}