Texas Code of Criminal Procedure

§ 18B.502 — DISCLOSURE BY SERVICE PROVIDER PROHIBITED

CR § 18B.502Title 1. CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE · Ch. 18B. INSTALLATION AND USE OF TRACKING EQUIPMENT; ACCESS TO COMMUNICATIONS · Art. K. SERVICE PROVIDER POWERS AND DUTIES

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(a)Except as provided by Subsection (c), a provider of an electronic communications service may not knowingly divulge the contents of a communication that is in electronic storage.

(b)Except as provided by Subsection (c), a provider of a remote computing service may not knowingly divulge the contents of a communication that:

(1)is in electronic storage on behalf of a subscriber or customer of the service provider;

(2)is received by means of electronic transmission from the subscriber or customer or created by means of computer processing of communications received by means of electronic transmission from the subscriber or customer; and

(3)is solely for the purpose of providing storage or computer processing services to the subscriber or customer, if the service provider is not authorized to obtain access to the contents of that communication for purposes of providing any service other than storage or computer processing.

(c)A provider of an electronic communications service or a provider of a remote computing service may disclose the contents of an electronically stored communication:

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1058 (H.B. 2931), Sec. 1.02, eff. January 1, 2019.