§ 6.5-196. Protection of subscriber or user privacy.

As a matter of consumer protection the city adopts the following regulations regarding subscriber or user privacy:

(1)

A service provider or system owner or operator shall abide by any and all subscriber or user privacy rules or regulations of the federal or state government or any federal or state agency.

(2)

Any service provider or system owner or operator, including but not limited to any that functions as an internet service provider, shall be prohibited from using itself or providing to a third party any information sent or received by a subscriber or user, including but not limited to e-mail or any attachments thereto, for any purpose whatsoever, unless ordered to do so by a court of competent jurisdiction or unless the authority to enforce this provision is preempted or superseded by applicable law.

(3)

Violation of this section shall subject the service provider or system owner or operator to civil penalties. Repeated violations of this section shall subject the service provider or system owner or operator to revocation of its franchise.

(Ord. No. A-177, § 46, 3-13-2000)