§ 13-21-122.5 — Civil liability for trading in telephone records

Colorado § 13-21-122.5

• Jurisdiction: Colorado
• Title 13: Courts
• Art.: Damages

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(1) In addition to
any other remedies provided under this article, a person who suffers damages as a
result of a violation of section 18-13-125, C.R.S., shall have a private civil right of
action against the perpetrator who committed the crime, regardless of whether the
perpetrator was convicted of the crime. In such action, the plaintiff shall be entitled
to actual damages, including, but not limited to, damage to reputation or credit
rating, punitive damages, and attorney fees and costs. If such damages are less
than five thousand dollars per telephone record, the plaintiff shall be entitled to
statutory damages of five thousand dollars per telephone record procured, bought,
sold, possessed, or received in violation of section 18-13-125, C.R.S.

(2) No telecommunications provider shall be liable for damages in a claim
based, in whole or in part, on acts of third parties that violate section 18-13-125,
C.R.S.

(3) This section shall not be construed to create a new duty or expand the
existing duty of a telecommunications provider to protect telephone records
beyond those otherwise established by Colorado law, any other state law, or federal
law, including, without limitation, the rules promulgated by the federal
communications commission.

(4) This section shall not apply to a telecommunications provider or its
agents or representatives who reasonably and in good faith act pursuant to
Colorado law, any other state law, or federal law, including, without limitation, the
rules promulgated by the federal communications commission, notwithstanding a
later determination that the act was not authorized by such law.

Legislative History

Source: L. 2006: Entire section added, p. 586, � 2, effective July 1.