For purposes of Sections 776.1 through 776.3 of this title:

1. “Electronic mail messages” means a message, file, or other information that is transmitted through a local, regional, or global network regardless of whether the message, file, or other information is viewed, stored for retrieval at a later time, printed on to paper or other similar material, or is filtered or screened by a computer program that is designed or intended to filter or screen items of electronic mail;

2. “Fraudulent electronic mail message” or “fraudulent bulk electronic mail message” means any electronic mail message or bulk electronic mail message which is declared unlawful by subsection A of Section 776.1 of this title;

3. “Initiate the transmission” means the action of the original sender of an electronic mail message, not to the action by any intervening computer service that may handle or retransmit the message;

4. “Computer network” means a set of related, remotely connected devices and any communications facilities including more than one computer with the capability to transmit data among them through the communications facilities;

5. “Electronic mail service provider” means any person who:

a.is an intermediary in sending or receiving electronic mail, and

b.provides to end-users of electronic mail services the ability to send or receive electronic mail;

6. “Identifying information” means information that alone or in conjunction with other information identifies an individual, including but not limited to:

a.name, social security number, date of birth, and government-issued identification number,

b.unique biometric data, including the fingerprint, voice print, and retina or iris image of an individual,

c.unique electronic identification number, address, and routing code, financial institution account number, and

d.telecommunication identifying information or access device; and

7. “Web page” means a location that has a single uniform resource locator (URL) with respect to the world wide web or another location that can be accessed on the Internet.

Added by Laws 1999, c. 337, § 4, eff. July 1, 1999. Amended by Laws 2006, c. 56, § 2, eff. Nov. 1, 2006.