HB4053 H JUD AMT 1-29 #1
The Committee on the Judiciary moves to amend the title of the
committee substitute as follows:
Com. Sub. for H. B. 4053 -- "A Bill
to amend and reenact §61-
3C-3 and §61-3C-16 of the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended;
and to amend said code by adding thereto four new sections,
designated §61-3C-4a, §61-3C-4b, §61-3C-4c and §61-3C-4d, all
relating to protecting computer owners and users from computer
spyware; making it unlawful for persons transmit computer software
for the purpose of modifying settings, collecting personal
information by deceptive means or preventing efforts to protect a
computer to access a computer; making it unlawful to transmit
software to control in such a way as to cause damage or opening
multiple pop-up windows; making it unlawful to transmit software
for the purpose of modifying setting that protect personal
information; making it unlawful to transmit software for the
purpose of blocking efforts to block or disable computer software;
making it unlawful to induce the installation by misrepresentations
or deception; exceptions; and authorizing the attorney general to
enforce the provisions of the Act."