Texas Business & Commerce Code - Section 48.051. Unauthorized Collection Or Culling Of Personally Identifiable Information
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§ 48.051. UNAUTHORIZED COLLECTION OR CULLING OF
PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION. If a person is not the owner
or operator of the computer, the person may not knowingly cause
computer software to be copied to a computer in this state and use
the software to:
(1) collect, through intentionally deceptive means:
(A) personally identifiable information by using
a keystroke-logging function; or
(B) personally identifiable information in a
manner that correlates that information with information regarding
all or substantially all of the websites visited by the owner or
operator of the computer, other than websites operated by the
person collecting the information; or
(2) cull, through intentionally deceptive means, the
following kinds of personally identifiable information from the
consumer's computer hard drive for a purpose wholly unrelated to
any of the purposes of the software or service described to an owner
or operator of the computer:
(A) a credit or debit card number;
(B) a bank account number;
(C) a password or access code associated with a
credit or debit card number or a bank account;
(D) a social security number;
(E) account balances; or
(F) overdraft history.
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., ch. 298, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2005.
Section: 48.002 48.003 48.051 48.052 48.053 48.054 48.055 48.056 48.101 48.102
Last modified: August 10, 2007
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