Sections
7 entriesSection 22947Allows the chapter to be known and cited as the Consumer Protection Against Computer Spyware Act. Establishes that title as the chapter’s…Section 22947.1Defines terms governing the computer-software chapter, including advertisement, authorized user, computer software, computer virus, consumer, damage, execute, intentionally deceptive conduct, Internet, person,…Section 22947.2Prohibits a nonauthorized user from knowingly, willfully, or through conscious avoidance causing software to be copied onto a California consumer’s computer and…Section 22947.3Prohibits a nonauthorized user from knowingly, willfully, or through conscious avoidance installing software on a California consumer’s computer to hijack communications, cause…Section 22947.4Prohibits a person or entity that is not an authorized user from inducing software installation through specified intentional misrepresentations or deceptively causing…Section 22947.5Establishes the Legislature’s intent that the chapter addresses a matter of statewide concern and preempts local laws concerning spyware and consumer notices…Section 22947.6Establishes that the chapter provisions are severable, so invalidation of one provision or its application does not invalidate other provisions or applications…