HB135 Alabama 2014 Session

Sponsors

Session

Regular Session 2014

Title

Websites containing personal information of persons convicted of crimes, required to remove information at no charge upon request, civil penalties, presumption of defamation

Description

<p class="bill_description"> This bill would require the operator of a website containing an arrest photograph and personal information of a person charged with a crime to remove, at no charge, the photograph and information within a specified period after notice that the person was acquitted, the charges were dropped, or the charges were otherwise resolved without conviction</p><p class="bill_description"> This bill would also provide that the failure to remove the photograph and personal information upon request is a deceptive trade practice and that an aggrieved individual is entitled to all rights and remedies under the Deceptive Trade Practices Act</p><p class="bill_entitled_an_act"> To require the operator of a website publishing an arrest photograph of an individual to remove the photograph and personal information within a specified period upon notice of acquittal or other resolution of the charges without a conviction; to provide that failure to remove a photograph and information is a deceptive trade practice; and to provide remedies for violations. </p>

Subjects

Crimes and Offenses