Maine Revised Statutes Title 17-A Sec. 434 – Prosecution of invasion of computer privacy
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1. The crime of criminal invasion of computer privacy as defined in section 432 may be prosecuted and punished in:
A. The county in which the defendant was located when the defendant accessed the computer resource; or [PL 2011, c. 133, §1 (NEW).]
B. A county in which the computer resource was located. [PL 2011, c. 133, §1 (NEW).]
[PL 2011, c. 133, §1 (NEW).]
Terms Used In Maine Revised Statutes Title 17-A Sec. 434
- Computer: means an electronic, magnetic, optical, electrochemical or other high-speed data processing device performing logical, arithmetic or storage functions and includes any data storage device or communications facility directly related to or operating in conjunction with the device. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 17-A Sec. 431
- Computer information: means a representation of information, knowledge, facts, concepts or instructions that are confidential or proprietary, are being prepared or have been prepared from an organized set of data and are located in computer memory or on magnetic, optical or mechanical media transferable directly to or useable directly by a computer as a source of data or instructions. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 17-A Sec. 431
- Computer program: means an ordered set of data representing coded instructions or statements that, when executed by a computer, cause the computer to process data. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 17-A Sec. 431
- Computer resource: means a computer program, computer software, computer system, computer network, computer information or any combination thereof. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 17-A Sec. 431
- Computer software: means a set of computer programs, procedures and associated documentation used in the operation of a computer system. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 17-A Sec. 431
- Computer virus: means any computer instruction, information, data or program that degrades the performance of a computer resource; disables, damages or destroys a computer resource; or attaches itself to another computer resource and executes when the host computer program, data or instruction is executed or when some other event takes place in the host computer resource, data or instruction. See Maine Revised Statutes Title 17-A Sec. 431
- Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
2. The crime of aggravated criminal invasion of computer privacy as defined in section 433 may be prosecuted and punished in:
A. The county in which the defendant was located when the defendant copied the computer program, computer software or computer information; [PL 2011, c. 133, §1 (NEW).]
B. The county in which the defendant was located when the defendant damaged the computer resource; [PL 2011, c. 133, §1 (NEW).]
C. The county in which the defendant was located when the defendant introduced or allowed the introduction of a computer virus into the computer resource; or [PL 2011, c. 133, §1 (NEW).]
D. A county in which the computer resource was located. [PL 2011, c. 133, §1 (NEW).]
[PL 2011, c. 133, §1 (NEW).]
SECTION HISTORY
PL 2011, c. 133, §1 (NEW).