Rhode Island General Laws Title 11. Criminal Offenses § 11-52.2-1. Definitions

(1) “Advertisement” means a communication, the purpose of which is the promotion of a commercial product or service, including a communication on an internet website that is operated for a commercial purpose.

(2) “Computer software” means a sequence of instructions written in any programming language that is executed on a computer. “Computer software” does not include computer software that is a web page, or are data components of web pages that are not executable independently of the web page.

(3) “Computer virus” means a computer program or other set of instructions that is designed to degrade the performance of or disable a computer or computer network and is designed to have the ability to replicate itself on other computers or computer networks without the authorization of the owners of those computers or computer networks.

(4) “Damage” means any significant impairment to the integrity or availability of data, computer software, a system, or information.

(5) “Execute” means the performance of the functions or the carrying out of the instructions of the computer software.

(6) “Intentionally deceptive” means any of the following:

(7) “Internet” means the global information system that is logically linked together by a globally unique address space based on the internet protocol (IP), or its subsequent extensions, and that is able to support communications using the transmission control protocol/internet protocol (TCP/IP) suite, or its subsequent extensions, or other IP-compatible protocols, and that provides, uses, or makes accessible, either publicly or privately, high level services layered on the communications and related infrastructure described in this subsection.

(8) “Owner or operator” means the owner or lessee of a computer, or someone using such computer with the owner's or lessee's authorization. “Owner or operator” does not include any person who owns a computer before the first retail sale of such computer.

(9) “Person” means any individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, or other organization, or any combination thereof.

(10) “Personally identifiable information” means any of the following with respect to an individual who is an owner or operator:

(11) “Transmit” means to transfer, send, or make available computer software, or any component thereof, via the internet or any other medium, including local area networks of computers, other nonwire transmission, and disc or other data storage device. “Transmit” does not include any action by a person providing: