This text of Indiana § 24-4.8-2-2 (Prohibited conduct by owners or operators of computers) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering Indiana primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
A person who is not the owner or operator of
the computer may not knowingly or intentionally:
(1)transmit computer software to the computer; and
(2)by means of the computer software transmitted under
subdivision (1), do any of the following:
(A)Use intentionally deceptive means to modify computer
settings that control:
(i)the page that appears when an owner or operator opens an
Internet browser or similar computer software used to access
and navigate the Internet;
(ii)the Internet service provider, search engine, or web proxy
that an owner or operator uses to access or search the
Internet; or
(iii)the owner or operator's list of bookmarks used to access
web pages.
(B)Use intentionally deceptive means to collect personally
identifying information:
(i)through the use of computer soft
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A person who is not the owner or operator of
the computer may not knowingly or intentionally:
(1) transmit computer software to the computer; and
(2) by means of the computer software transmitted under
subdivision (1), do any of the following:
(A) Use intentionally deceptive means to modify computer
settings that control:
(i) the page that appears when an owner or operator opens an
Internet browser or similar computer software used to access
and navigate the Internet;
(ii) the Internet service provider, search engine, or web proxy
that an owner or operator uses to access or search the
Internet; or
(iii) the owner or operator's list of bookmarks used to access
web pages.
(B) Use intentionally deceptive means to collect personally
identifying information:
(i) through the use of computer software that records a
keystroke made by an owner or operator and transfers that
information from the computer to another person; or
(ii) in a manner that correlates the personally identifying
information with data respecting all or substantially all of the
web sites visited by the owner or operator of the computer,
not including a web site operated by the person collecting the
personally identifying information.
(C) Extract from the hard drive of an owner or operator's
computer:
(i) a credit card number, debit card number, bank account
number, or any password or access code associated with these
numbers;
(ii) a Social Security number, tax identification number,
driver's license number, passport number, or any other
government issued identification number; or
(iii) the account balance or overdraft history of a person in a
form that identifies the person.
(D) Use intentionally deceptive means to prevent reasonable
efforts by an owner or operator to block or disable the
installation or execution of computer software.
(E) Knowingly or intentionally misrepresent that computer
software will be uninstalled or disabled by an owner or
operator's action.
(F) Use intentionally deceptive means to remove, disable, or
otherwise make inoperative security, antispyware, or antivirus
computer software installed on the computer.
(G) Take control of another person's computer with the intent
to cause damage to the computer or cause the owner or operator
to incur a financial charge for a service that the owner or
operator has not authorized by:
(i) accessing or using the computer's modem or Internet
service; or
(ii) without the authorization of the owner or operator,
opening multiple, sequential, standalone advertisements in
the owner or operator's Internet browser that a reasonable
computer user cannot close without turning off the computer
or closing the browser.
(H) Modify:
(i) computer settings that protect information about a person
with the intent of obtaining personally identifying
information without the permission of the owner or operator;
or
(ii) security settings with the intent to cause damage to a
computer.
(I) Prevent reasonable efforts by an owner or operator to block
or disable the installation or execution of computer software by:
(i) presenting an owner or operator with an option to decline
installation of computer software knowing that the computer
software will be installed even if the owner or operator
attempts to decline installation; or
(ii) falsely representing that computer software has been
disabled.