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Timestamp: 2019-04-26 00:34:11+00:00

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5-41-107. Assistance of Attorney General.
5-41-109. Disclosure of personal information.
5-41-202. Unlawful act regarding a computer.
5-41-203. Unlawful interference with access to computers - Unlawful use or access to computers.
5-41-204. Unlawful use of encryption.
5-41-205. Unlawful act involving electronic mail.
(5) While various forms of computer-related crime might possibly be the subject of criminal charges based on other provisions of law, it is appropriate and desirable that a statute be enacted which deals directly with computer-related crime.
History. Acts 1987, No. 908, § 1.
(11) "Service" includes, but is not limited to, the use of a computer, a computer system, a computer network, computer software, a computer program, or data.
History. Acts 1987, No. 908, § 2; 1997, No. 1153, § 1.
(2) Obtaining money, property, or a service with a false or fraudulent intent, representation, or promise.
(b) Computer fraud is a Class D felony.
History. Acts 1987, No. 908, § 3.
(a) A person commits computer trespass if the person intentionally and without authorization accesses, alters, deletes, damages, destroys, or disrupts any computer, computer system, computer network, computer program, or data.
(4) Class D felony if it is a violation that causes loss or damage of two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500) or more.
History. Acts 1987, No. 908, § 4.
(4) In which any computer, computer system, or computer network is an object or an instrument of the violation is located at the time of the alleged violation.
History. Acts 1987, No. 908, § 5.
(a)(1) Any person whose property or person is injured by reason of a violation of any provision of this subchapter may sue for the injury and recover for any damages sustained and the costs of suit.
(2) Without limiting the generality of the term, "damages" include loss of profits.
(b) At the request of any party to an action brought pursuant to this section, in its discretion, the court may conduct any legal proceeding in such a way as to protect the secrecy and security of the computer, computer system, computer network, computer program, computer software, and data involved in order to prevent possible reoccurrence of the same or a similar act by another person and to protect any trade secret of any party.
(c) No civil action under this section may be brought except within three (3) years from the date the alleged violation of this subchapter is discovered or should have been discovered by the exercise of reasonable diligence.
History. Acts 1987, No. 908, § 6.
If requested to do so by a prosecuting attorney, the Attorney General may assist the prosecuting attorney in the investigation or prosecution of an offense under this subchapter or any other offense involving the use of a computer.
History. Acts 1987, No. 908, § 7.
(4) On an electronic mail or other computerized communication system with the reasonable expectation that the other person will receive the message and in that message uses any obscene, lewd, or profane language.
(b) Unlawful computerized communications is a Class A misdemeanor.
(c)(1) The judicial officer in a court of competent jurisdiction shall upon pretrial release of the defendant enter an order consistent with Rules 9.3 and 9.4 of the Arkansas Rules of Criminal Procedure and shall give notice to the defendant of penalties contained in Rule 9.5 of the Arkansas Rules of Criminal Procedure.
(2) A protective order under subdivision (c)(1) of this section remains in effect during the pendency of any appeal of a conviction under this section.
History. Acts 1997, No. 1153, § 2.
An internet service provider shall disclose personally identifiable information concerning a consumer pursuant to a subpoena, warrant, or court order issued under authority of a law of this state, another state, or the United States Government.
History. Acts 2003, No. 1087, § 6.
(2)(A) "Computer" means an electronic, magnetic, electrochemical, or other high-speed data-processing device performing a logical, arithmetic, or storage function and includes any data storage facility or communications facility directly related to or operating in conjunction with the device.
(ii) Cause to be contaminated, corrupted, consumed, damaged, destroyed, disrupted, modified, recorded, or transmitted any other data, information, image, program, signal, or sound contained in a computer, system, or network without the knowledge or consent of the person who owns the other data, information, image, program, signal, or sound or the computer, system, or network.
(8)(A) "Network" means a set of related and remotely connected devices and facilities, including more than one (1) system, with the capability to transmit data among any of the devices and facilities.
(12) "System" means a set of related equipment, whether or not connected, that is used with or for a computer.
History. Acts 2001, No. 1496, § 2.
(5) Introduces, causes to be introduced, or attempts to introduce a computer contaminant into a computer, system, or network.
(iii) Supply of water, gas, or electricity.
(a)(1) A person commits unlawful interference with access to computers if the person knowingly and without authorization interferes with, denies, or causes the denial of access to or use of a computer, system, or network to a person who has the duty and right to use the computer, system, or network.
(2) Unlawful interference with access to computers is a Class A misdemeanor.
(b)(1) A person commits unlawful use or access to computers if the person knowingly and without authorization uses, causes the use of, accesses, attempts to gain access to, or causes access to be gained to a computer, system, network, telecommunications device, telecommunications service, or information service.
(2) Unlawful use or access to computers is a Class A misdemeanor.
(c) If the violation of subsection (a) or (b) of this section was committed to devise or execute a scheme to defraud or illegally obtain property, the person is guilty of a Class C felony.
(B) The owner or other person authorized to give consent would authorize the person to use or access the computer, system, network, telecommunications device, telecommunications service, or information service.
(2) A person who intends to offer an affirmative defense provided in subdivision (d)(1) of this section at a trial or preliminary hearing shall file and serve on the prosecuting attorney a notice of that intent not less than fourteen (14) calendar days before the trial or hearing or at such other time as the court may direct.
(5) Delay, hinder, or obstruct the administration of the law.
(b) A person who violates any provision of this section commits a criminal offense that is separate and distinct from any other criminal offense and may be prosecuted and convicted pursuant to this section whether or not the person or any other person is or has been prosecuted or convicted for any other criminal offense arising out of the same facts as the violation of this section.
(3) Misdemeanor classed one (1) degree below the misdemeanor constituted by the criminal offense concealed by encryption for any other unlawful use of encryption.
(B) Describes or identifies the sender, source, point of origin, or path of transmission of an item of electronic mail.
(b) Subdivision (a)(2) of this section does not apply to an internet service provider who, in the course of providing service, transmits or causes to be transmitted an item of electronic mail on behalf of another person, unless the internet service provider is the person who first generates the item of electronic mail.
(c) An unlawful act involving electronic mail is a Class D felony.
(a) A person commits computer password disclosure if the person purposely and without authorization discloses a number, code, password, or other means of access to a computer or computer network that is subsequently used to access a computer or computer network.
(2) Class D felony if the violation of subsection (a) of this section was committed to devise or execute a scheme to defraud or illegally obtain property.
History. Acts 2001, No. 1496, § 2; 2005, No. 1994, § 482.

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