163.720 Unlawful disclosure of private information
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163.720 Unlawful disclosure of private information.
(1)A person commits the crime of unlawful disclosure of private information if:
(a)The person, with the intent to stalk or injure another person, or to cause damage to another person’s property, knowingly causes the other person’s personal information to be disclosed;
(b)The person knows or reasonably should have known that the other person did not consent to the disclosure; and
(c)The other person is stalked or injured, or the other person’s property is damaged, as a result of the disclosure.
(2)Unlawful disclosure of private information is a Class B misdemeanor.
(3)As used in this section:
(a)“Disclose” includes, but is not limited to, transfer, publish, distribute, exhibit, advertise and offer.
(b)“Injure” means to subject another to bodily injury or death.
(c)“Personal information” means:
(A)A person’s home address, personal electronic mail address, personal phone number or Social Security number;
(B)Contact information for a person’s employer;
(C)Contact information for a family member of a person;
(D)Photographs of a person’s child; or
(E)Identification of the school that a person’s child attends.
(d)“Stalk” means conduct constituting the crime of stalking under ORS 163.732 or conduct that would give rise to an action for issuance or violation of a stalking protective order under ORS 30.866. [2025 c.417 §1]
Note: 163.720 was enacted into law by the Legislative Assembly but was not added to or made a part of ORS chapter 163 or any series therein by legislative action. See Preface to Oregon Revised Statutes for further explanation.