Guam § 46 - Definitions.

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§ 46. Definitions.

In this Act, the following words have the meanings indicated:

(a) commercial electronic mail message means an electronic message sent primarily for the

purpose of commercial advertisement or promotion of:

(1) a commercial product;

(2) a commercial service;

(3) the content on an Internet website; or

(4) a website operated for a commercial purpose;

(b) domain name means any alphanumeric designation that is registered with or assigned by a

domain name registrar, domain name registry, or other domain name registration authority as part of

an electronic mail address on the internet;

(c) electronic mail service provider means any person, including an internet service provider, that

is an intermediary in sending and receiving electronic mail, and that provides to the public the ability

to send or receive electronic mail to or from an electronic mail account or online user account;

(d) financial institution means any financial institution of the type supervised under 11GCA,

whether or not locally-chartered;

(e) header information means the source, destination, and routing information attached to an

electronic mail message, including the originating domain name and originating electronic mails, and

any other information that appears in the line identifying or purporting to identify a person initiating

the message, and technical information that authenticates the sender of an electronic mail message for

network security or network management purposes;

(f) the term initiate, when used with respect to a commercial electronic mail message, means to

originate or transmit the message or to procure the origination or transmission of the message, and

does not include actions that constitute routine conveyances of such message;

(g) internet means the international computer network of both federal and nonfederal

interoperable packet switched data networks;

(h) internet protocol address means the string of numbers by which a location on the internet is

identified by routers or other computers connected to the internet;

(i) materially falsified means altered or concealed in a manner that would impair the ability of

one of the following to identify, locate, or respond to a person who initiated an electronic mail message

or to investigate an alleged violation of this Act:

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(1) a recipient of the message;

(2) an internet access service processing the message on behalf of a recipient;

(3) a person alleging a violation of this Act; or

(4) a law enforcement agency;

(j) multiple means:

(1) more than ten (10) commercial electronic mail messages during a twenty-four (24)-hour

period;

(2) more than one hundred (100) commercial electronic mail messages during a thirty (30)-

day period; or

(3) more than one thousand (1,000) commercial electronic mail messages during a one (1)-

year period;

(k) protected computer means a computer used in intrastate or interstate communication;

(l) routine conveyance means the transmission, routing, relaying, handling, or storing, through an

automatic technical process, of an electronic mail message for which another person has identified the

recipients or provided the recipients’ addresses.

Frequently Asked Questions About Guam § 46

What does Guam Code Annotated § 46 cover?

Section 46 ("Definitions.") is part of the Guam Code Annotated, the codified statutory law of Guam. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.

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