Fla. Stat. § 815.01
Short title
The provisions of this act shall be known and may be cited as the “Florida Computer Crimes Act.”
Florida Statutes Chapter 815 — COMPUTER-RELATED CRIMES
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Fla. Stat. § 815.02
Legislative intent
The Legislature finds and declares that:(1) Computer-related crime is a growing problem in government as well as in the private sector.(2) Computer-related crime occurs at great cost to the public since losses for each incident of computer crime tend to be far greater than the losses associated with each incident of ot…
Fla. Stat. § 815.03
Definitions
As used in this chapter, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise:(1) “Access” means to approach, instruct, communicate with, store data in, retrieve data from, or otherwise make use of any resources of a computer, a computer system, a computer network, or an electronic device.(2) “Computer” means an internally p…
Fla. Stat. § 815.04
Offenses against intellectual property
(1) A person who willfully, knowingly, and without authorization introduces a computer contaminant or modifies or renders unavailable data, programs, or supporting documentation residing or existing internal or external to a computer, computer system, computer network, or electronic device commits an offense against in…
Fla. Stat. § 815.045
Trade secret information
The Legislature finds that it is a public necessity that trade secret information as defined in s. 812.081 be expressly made confidential and exempt from the public records law because it is a felony to disclose such records. Due to the legal uncertainty as to whether a public employee would be protected from a felony…
Fla. Stat. § 815.06
Offenses against users of computers, computer systems, computer networks, and electronic devices
(1) As used in this section, the term “user” means a person with the authority to operate or maintain a computer, computer system, computer network, or electronic device.(2) A person commits an offense against users of computers, computer systems, computer networks, or electronic devices if he or she willfully, knowing…
Fla. Stat. § 815.061
Offenses against public utilities
(1) As used in this section, the term “public utility” includes:(a) A public utility or electric utility as defined in s. 366.02.(b) A utility as defined in s. 367.021.(c) A natural gas transmission company as defined in s. 368.103.(d) A person, corporation, partnership, association, public agency, municipality, cooper…
Fla. Stat. § 815.062
Offenses against governmental entities
(1) As used in this section, the term “governmental entity” means any official, officer, commission, board, authority, council, committee, or department of the executive, judicial, or legislative branch of state government; any state university; or any county or municipality, special district, water management district…
Fla. Stat. § 815.07
This chapter not exclusive
The provisions of this chapter shall not be construed to preclude the applicability of any other provision of the criminal law of this state which presently applies or may in the future apply to any transaction which violates this chapter, unless such provision is inconsistent with the terms of this chapter.