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HB 1147 Computer trespass; civil damages to include all eight statutory definitions thereof.

Introduced by: James M. Scott | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles | history

SUMMARY AS PASSED:

Civil damages for computer trespass.  Expands the availability to institute a suit for civil damages resulting from computer trespass to include computer trespass by installing or causing to be installed, or collecting information through, computer software that records all or a majority of the keystrokes made on the computer of another.

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Civil damages for computer trespass.  Expands the availability to institute a suit for civil damages resulting from computer trespass to include all eight statutory definitions of computer trespass. Currently, damages are available only for six kinds of computer trespass.