Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 542.003
This is the official text of Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 542.003, part of Texas’s Business & Commerce Code — governs commercial transactions and general business practices.
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§ 542.003.
Official statutory text
Sec. 542.003. CYBERSECURITY PROGRAM SAFE HARBOR: EXEMPLARY DAMAGES PROHIBITED. 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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