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Texas Government Code - GOV'T § 418.179. Confidentiality of Certain Encryption Codes and Security Keys for Communications System

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) Information is confidential if the information:

(1) is collected, assembled, or maintained by or for a governmental entity for the purpose of preventing, detecting, or investigating an act of terrorism or related criminal activity; and

(2) relates to the details of the encryption codes or security keys for a public communications system.

(b) This section does not prohibit a governmental entity from making available, at cost, to bona fide local news media, for the purpose of monitoring emergency communications of public interest, the communications terminals used in the entity's trunked communications system that have encryption codes installed.

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Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Texas Government Code - GOV'T § 418.179. Confidentiality of Certain Encryption Codes and Security Keys for Communications System - last updated January 01, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/tx/government-code/gov-t-sect-418-179/

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