Rhode Island General Laws 11-52.2-5. Exemptions
Section 11-52.2-3 or 11-52.2-4 does not apply to any monitoring of, or interaction with, a subscriber’s internet or other network connection or service, or a computer, by a telecommunications carrier, cable operator, computer hardware or software provider, or provider of information service or interactive computer service for network or computer security purposes, diagnostics, technical support, maintenance, repair, authorized updates of software or system firmware, authorized remote system management, or detection or prevention of the unauthorized use of a fraudulent or other illegal activities in connection with a network, service, or computer software, including scanning for and removing software under this chapter.
History of Section.
P.L. 2006, ch. 583, § 1.
Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws 11-52.2-5
- Computer software: means a sequence of instructions written in any programming language that is executed on a computer. See Rhode Island General Laws 11-52.2-1
- Internet: means the global information system that is logically linked together by a globally unique address space based on the internet protocol (IP), or its subsequent extensions, and that is able to support communications using the transmission control protocol/internet protocol (TCP/IP) suite, or its subsequent extensions, or other IP-compatible protocols, and that provides, uses, or makes accessible, either publicly or privately, high level services layered on the communications and related infrastructure described in this subsection. See Rhode Island General Laws 11-52.2-1