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- /* BBS LEGAL GUIDE COMMENTARY: The Indiana Computer tampering
- laws follows. This law was adopted in 1986. */
-
- 35-43-1-4. Computer tampering.- (a) As used in this section:
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- "Computer network" and "computer system" have the meaning set
- forth in IC 35-43-2-3.
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- "Computer program" means an ordered set of instructions or
- statements that, when executed by a computer, causes the computer
- to process data.
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- "Data" means a representation of information, facts, knowledge,
- concepts or instructions that:
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- (1) May take any form, including computer print outs,
- magnetic storage media, punched cards, or stored memory;
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- (2) Has been prepared or is being prepared; and
-
- (3) Has been processed, is being processed, or will be
- processed, in a computer system or computer network.
-
- (b) A person who knowingly or intentionally alters or damages a
- computer program or data, which comprises a part of a computer
- system or computer network without the consent of the owner of the
- computer system or computer network commits computer tampering, a
- Class D felony.
-
- 35-43-2-3. Computer trespass- (a) As used in this section:
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- "Access" means to:
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- (1) Approach;
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- (2) Instruct;
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- (3) Communicate with;
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- (4) Store data in;
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- (5) Retrieve data from; or
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- (6) Make used of resources of;
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- a computer, a computer system, or computer network.
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- "Computer network" means the interconnection of communication
- lines with a computer through remote terminals or a complex
- consisting of two (2) or more interconnected computers.
-
- "Computer system" means a set of related computer equipment,
- software or hardware.
-
- (b) A person who knowingly or intentionally accesses:
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- (1) A computer system;
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- (2) A computer network;
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- (3) Any part of a computer system or computer network;
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- without the consent of the owner of the computer system or
- computer network, without the consent of the owner's licensee,
- commits computer trespass, a Class A misdemeanor.