Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 325.002 · Chapter 325. INTERNET FRAUD
DEFINITIONS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
In this chapter:
(1) "Electronic mail" means a message, file, or other information that is transmitted through a local, regional, or global computer network, regardless of whether the message, file, or information is viewed, stored for retrieval at a later time, printed, or filtered by a computer program that is designed or intended to filter or screen the message, file, or information.
(2) "Electronic mail address" means a destination, commonly expressed as a string of characters, to which electronic mail may be sent or delivered.
(3) "Identifying information" has the meaning assigned by Section 32.51, Penal Code.
(4) "Internet domain name" refers to a globally unique, hierarchical reference to an Internet host or service that is:
(A) assigned through a centralized Internet naming authority; and
(B) composed of a series of character strings separated by periods with the right-most string specifying the top of the hierarchy.
(5) "Web page" means:
(A) a location that has a single uniform resource locator with respect to the world wide web; or
(B) another location that can be accessed on the Internet.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 885 (H.B. 2278), Sec. 2.01, eff. April 1, 2009.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/BC/htm/BC.325.htm
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