SB 637 — Prohibiting public disclosure of personal information on internet

WEST VIRGINIA LEGISLATURE REGULAR SESSION IntroducedCommittee Substitute for Senate Bill 637 ByBYS SenatorsENATORSTAYLOR Taylor,, Rucker,UCKER, Chapman,HAPMAN Oliverio,AND [IntroducedO FebruaryLIVERIO 5,[Originating 2024;in the Committee on the Judiciary;

referredreported toFebruary the15, Committee2024] onCS thefor Judiciary] Intr SB 2024R3460637 A BILL to amend the Code of West Virginia, 1931, as amended, by adding thereto a new section, designated §61-3C-14d,§5A-8-25, relating to prohibitinga publicstate disclosureor oflocal angovernment individual'sofficial removing publicly available personal information on the internet in certain circumstances;

defininganddefining terms;terms.

and providing penalties.

ARTICLE 3C.8.

WESTPUBLIC VIRGINIARECORDS COMPUTERMANAGEMENT CRIME AND ABUSEPRESERVATION ACT.

§61-3C-14d.§5A-8-25.

ProhibitingPersonal public disclosure of an individual's personal information available on theinternet. internet in certain circumstances;

penalties.(a) For purposes of this section:

(a)"Personal For purposes of this section, "personal information" means the home address, home telephone number, personal mobile telephone number, pager number, personal e-mail address, or a personal photograph or video of an individual;

directions to anthe individual'shome home;of an individual;

or photographs or videos of anthe individual's home or personal vehicle.vehicle of an individual.

(b) AAn personindividual whomay knowingly,submit willfully,a andwritten intentionallyrequest makesto thea state or local government official to remove personal information offrom anotherrecords maintained by that official that are publicly available on the internet:internet.

(1)If Witha thestate intentor tolocal threaten,government intimidate,official receives such a written request, then he or inciteshe theshall commissionnot ofknowingly amake crimeavailable ofon violencethe againstinternet personal information about the individual that person;is in the records controlled by the state or local government official.

or(c) (2)An Withindividual's thewritten intentrequest and knowledge that the personal information will be used to threaten,a intimidate,state or facilitatelocal thegovernment commissionofficial ofto aremove crimepersonal ofinformation violencefrom againstrecords thatmade personavailable ison guiltythe ofinternet a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall beinclude fineda notstatement, morenotarized thanby $500a ornotary confinedpublic induly jaillicensed notunder more§39-4-1 thanet sixseq. months, or both fined and confined.

Forof athis secondcode, orsetting subsequentforth offense, the personinformation isthat guiltythe ofindividual ais misdemeanorrequesting and,the uponstate conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or confinedlocal ingovernment jailofficial forto not moremake thanpublicly oneavailable year,on orthe bothinternet. fined and confined.

NOTE:

The purpose of this bill is to prohibit the public disclosure of an individual's personal information on the internet in certain circumstances;

and provide penalty for violation.

Strike-throughs indicate language that would be stricken from a heading or the present law and underscoring indicates new language that would be added.