(1) As used in this subchapter:(1) “Commercial” means for the purpose of promoting the sale, lease, or exchange of goods, services, or real property;(2) “Computer network” means a set of related remotely connected devices and communication facilities, including two (2) or more computers with the capability to transmit data through communication facilities;(3) “Electronic mail” means an electronic message, a file, data, or other information that is transmitted:(A) Between two (2) or more computers, computer networks, or electronic terminals; or(B) Within or between computer networks;(4) “Electronic mail address” means a destination commonly expressed as a string of characters to which electronic mail may be sent or delivered;(5) “Electronic mail service provider” means a person who:(A) Is an intermediary in the transmission of electronic mail from the sender to the recipient; or(B) Provides to end users of electronic mail service the ability to send and receive electronic mail;(6) “Harmful to minors” shall have the same meaning as set forth in § 5-68-501(2);(7) “Interactive computer service” means an information service, system, or access software provider that provides or enables computer access by multiple users to a computer server, including specifically a service or system that provides access to the internet, and also the systems operated or services offered by libraries or educational institutions;(8) “Internet domain name” means a globally unique, hierarchical reference to an internet host or service assigned through centralized internet authorities and comprising a series of character strings separated by periods, with the right-most string specifying the top of the hierarchy;(9) “Person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, association, limited liability company, any other form or business association, or any combination of them;(10) “Phone service provider” means a person who:(A) Is an intermediary in the transmission of a text message from the sender to the recipient; or(B) Provides to end users of text message services via a telephone number the ability to send and receive text messages;(11) (A) (i) “Preexisting business relationship” means that there was a business transaction or communication between the sender and the recipient of a commercial electronic mail or text message during the five-year period preceding the receipt of that message.(ii) A preexisting business relationship does not exist after a recipient requests to be removed from the distribution list of a sender.(B) If a sender operates through separate lines of business or divisions and holds itself out to the recipient as that particular line of business or division rather than as the entity of which the line of business or division is a part, then the line of business or the division shall be treated as the sender for purposes of this section;(12) “Sexually explicit electronic mail” means a commercial electronic mail that contains material that is harmful to minors or promotes an electronic link to material that is harmful to minors; and(13) “Text message” means a message consisting of text, images, sounds, or other information that is transmitted to or from a device that is identified as the receiving or transmitting device by means of a ten (10) digit telephone number; and(14) “Unsolicited” means without the recipient's express permission, except that commercial electronic mail or text message is not unsolicited if the sender has a preexisting business or personal relationship with the recipient.
(1) “Commercial” means for the purpose of promoting the sale, lease, or exchange of goods, services, or real property;
(2) “Computer network” means a set of related remotely connected devices and communication facilities, including two (2) or more computers with the capability to transmit data through communication facilities;
(3) “Electronic mail” means an electronic message, a file, data, or other information that is transmitted:(A) Between two (2) or more computers, computer networks, or electronic terminals; or(B) Within or between computer networks;
(A) Between two (2) or more computers, computer networks, or electronic terminals; or
(B) Within or between computer networks;
(4) “Electronic mail address” means a destination commonly expressed as a string of characters to which electronic mail may be sent or delivered;
(5) “Electronic mail service provider” means a person who:(A) Is an intermediary in the transmission of electronic mail from the sender to the recipient; or(B) Provides to end users of electronic mail service the ability to send and receive electronic mail;
(A) Is an intermediary in the transmission of electronic mail from the sender to the recipient; or
(B) Provides to end users of electronic mail service the ability to send and receive electronic mail;
(6) “Harmful to minors” shall have the same meaning as set forth in § 5-68-501(2);
(7) “Interactive computer service” means an information service, system, or access software provider that provides or enables computer access by multiple users to a computer server, including specifically a service or system that provides access to the internet, and also the systems operated or services offered by libraries or educational institutions;
(8) “Internet domain name” means a globally unique, hierarchical reference to an internet host or service assigned through centralized internet authorities and comprising a series of character strings separated by periods, with the right-most string specifying the top of the hierarchy;
(9) “Person” means any individual, corporation, partnership, association, limited liability company, any other form or business association, or any combination of them;
(10) “Phone service provider” means a person who:(A) Is an intermediary in the transmission of a text message from the sender to the recipient; or(B) Provides to end users of text message services via a telephone number the ability to send and receive text messages;
(A) Is an intermediary in the transmission of a text message from the sender to the recipient; or
(B) Provides to end users of text message services via a telephone number the ability to send and receive text messages;
(11) (A) (i) “Preexisting business relationship” means that there was a business transaction or communication between the sender and the recipient of a commercial electronic mail or text message during the five-year period preceding the receipt of that message.(ii) A preexisting business relationship does not exist after a recipient requests to be removed from the distribution list of a sender.(B) If a sender operates through separate lines of business or divisions and holds itself out to the recipient as that particular line of business or division rather than as the entity of which the line of business or division is a part, then the line of business or the division shall be treated as the sender for purposes of this section;
(A) (i) “Preexisting business relationship” means that there was a business transaction or communication between the sender and the recipient of a commercial electronic mail or text message during the five-year period preceding the receipt of that message.(ii) A preexisting business relationship does not exist after a recipient requests to be removed from the distribution list of a sender.
(i) “Preexisting business relationship” means that there was a business transaction or communication between the sender and the recipient of a commercial electronic mail or text message during the five-year period preceding the receipt of that message.
(ii) A preexisting business relationship does not exist after a recipient requests to be removed from the distribution list of a sender.
(B) If a sender operates through separate lines of business or divisions and holds itself out to the recipient as that particular line of business or division rather than as the entity of which the line of business or division is a part, then the line of business or the division shall be treated as the sender for purposes of this section;
(12) “Sexually explicit electronic mail” means a commercial electronic mail that contains material that is harmful to minors or promotes an electronic link to material that is harmful to minors; and
(13) “Text message” means a message consisting of text, images, sounds, or other information that is transmitted to or from a device that is identified as the receiving or transmitting device by means of a ten (10) digit telephone number; and
(14) “Unsolicited” means without the recipient's express permission, except that commercial electronic mail or text message is not unsolicited if the sender has a preexisting business or personal relationship with the recipient.