Sec. 2. Increased protections relating to voluntary disclosure of password information
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Section 2702 of title 18, United States Code, is amended— in subsection (a)— in the matter preceding paragraph (1), by striking subsection
(b)or
(c)and inserting subsection (b), (c), or
(d); in paragraph (2), by striking and at the end; in paragraph (3)— by inserting after (not including the contents of communications covered by paragraph
(1)or
(2)the following: , or the password information covered by paragraph
(4); and by striking the period at the end and inserting ; and ; and by inserting after paragraph
(3)the following: a person or entity providing an electronic communication service or a remote computing service to the public shall not knowingly divulge to any person or entity the password information pertaining to a subscriber or customer of such service. ; in subsection (c), by inserting after (not including the contents of communications covered by subsection (a)(1) or
(2)the following: , or the password information covered by subsection (a)(4) ; by redesignating subsection
(d)as subsection (e); by inserting after subsection
(c)the following: A provider described in subsection
(a)may divulge the password information pertaining to a subscriber or customer of such service— as otherwise authorized in 2703 of this title; with the lawful consent of the subscriber or customer; as may be necessarily incident to the rendition of the service or to the protection of the rights or property of the provider of that service; to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, in connection with a report submitted thereto under section 2258A; or to a governmental entity, if the provider, in good faith, believes that an emergency involving danger of death or serious physical injury to any person requires disclosure without delay of password information relating to the emergency. ; and in subsection (e), as so redesignated, by inserting after subsection (b)(8) each place it appears, the following: or (d)(5) .