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<section article="gcl" article_name="Commercial Law" number="14-1326" title_number="14" title_name="Miscellaneous Consumer Protection Provisions" subtitle_number="13" subtitle_name="Miscellaneous Provisions">
  <level label="a">
    <level label="1">
      <text>In this section the following words have the meanings indicated.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>“Caller identification information” means information provided by a caller identification service regarding the telephone number of, or other information regarding the origin of, a call made using a communications service, including a telecommunications, broadband, or interconnected Voice over Internet Protocol service.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>“Caller ID spoofing” means the practice of using an application or other technology in connection with a communications service, including a telecommunications, broadband, or interconnected Voice over Internet Protocol service, to knowingly cause any caller identification service to transmit false or misleading caller identification information to an individual receiving a call.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <text>An individual or person may not perform caller ID spoofing when contacting another individual in the State with the intent to defraud, harass, cause harm to, or wrongfully obtain anything of value from another.</text>
  </level>
  <level label="c">
    <text>This section does not apply to:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>The blocking of caller identification information;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>A federal, state, county, or municipal law enforcement agency;</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>A federal intelligence or security agency; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="4">
      <text>A communications service provider, including a telecommunications, broadband, or Voice over Internet Protocol service provider, that is:</text>
      <level label="i">
        <text>Acting in the communications service provider’s capacity as an intermediary for the transmission of telephone service between the caller and the recipient;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="ii">
        <text>Providing or configuring a service or service feature as requested by the customer;</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iii">
        <text>Acting in a manner that is authorized or required by applicable law; or</text>
      </level>
      <level label="iv">
        <text>Engaging in other conduct that is necessary to provide service.</text>
      </level>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="d">
    <text>A violation of this section is:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>An unfair or deceptive trade practice within the meaning of Title 13 of this article; and</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>Subject to the enforcement and penalty provisions contained in Title 13 of this article.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
