Okla. Stat. tit. 15, § 15-791
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Definitions
Official statutory text
As used in this act:
1. “Child sexual abuse material” means the same as used in
Section 1024.1 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes;
2. “Child sexual exploitation” means the same as used in
Section 843.5 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes;
3. “Commercial entity” means a corporation, limited liability
company, partnership, limited partnership, sole proprietorship, or
other legally recognized entity;
4. “Digitized identification card” means a data file available
on any mobile device, which has connectivity to the Internet,
through a state-approved application that allows the mobile device
to download the data file from a state agency or any authorized
agent of a state agency that contains all of the data elements
visible on the face and back of a license or identification card and
displays the current state of the licensed or identification card;
5. “Distribute” means to issue, sell, give, provide, deliver,
transfer, transmit, circulate, or disseminate by any means;
6. “Harmful to minors” means the same as defined in Section
1040.75 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes;
7. “Internet” means the international computer network of both
federal and nonfederal interoperable packet switched data networks;
8. “Minor” means any person eighteen (18) years of age or
younger;
9. “News-gathering organization” means any of the following:
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a. an employee of a newspaper, news publication, or news
source, printed or on an online or mobile platform, of
current news and public interest, while operating as
an employee as provided in this subsection, who can
provide documentation of such employment with the
newspaper, news publication, or news source, or
b. an employee of a radio broadcast station, television
broadcast station, cable television operator, or wire
service while operating as an employee as provided in
this subsection, who can provide documentation of such
employment;
10. “Obscene” means the same as used in Section 1024.1 of Title
21 of the Oklahoma Statutes;
11. “Publish” means to communicate or make information
available to another person or entity on a publicly available
Internet website;
12. “Reasonable age verification methods” means verifying that
the person seeking access to the available material is eighteen (18)
years of age or older by using the following methods:
a. use of a digitized identification card as defined in
this section,
b. verification through an independent, third-party age
verification service that compares the personal
information entered by the individual who is seeking
access to the material that is available from a
commercially available database, or aggregate of
databases, that is regularly used by government
agencies and businesses for purpose of age and
identity verification, or
c. any commercially reasonable method that relies on
public or private transactional data to verify the age
of the person attempting to access the material;
13. “Substantial portion” means when more than a third of the
total material available on the website meets the definition of
material harmful to minors as defined in this section; and
14. “Transactional data” means a sequence of information that
documents as exchange, agreement, or transfer between an individual,
commercial entity, or a third party used for the purpose of
satisfying a request or event. Transactional data may include, but
not be limited to, records from mortgage, education, and employment
entities.
1. “Child sexual abuse material” means the same as used in
Section 1024.1 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes;
2. “Child sexual exploitation” means the same as used in
Section 843.5 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes;
3. “Commercial entity” means a corporation, limited liability
company, partnership, limited partnership, sole proprietorship, or
other legally recognized entity;
4. “Digitized identification card” means a data file available
on any mobile device, which has connectivity to the Internet,
through a state-approved application that allows the mobile device
to download the data file from a state agency or any authorized
agent of a state agency that contains all of the data elements
visible on the face and back of a license or identification card and
displays the current state of the licensed or identification card;
5. “Distribute” means to issue, sell, give, provide, deliver,
transfer, transmit, circulate, or disseminate by any means;
6. “Harmful to minors” means the same as defined in Section
1040.75 of Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes;
7. “Internet” means the international computer network of both
federal and nonfederal interoperable packet switched data networks;
8. “Minor” means any person eighteen (18) years of age or
younger;
9. “News-gathering organization” means any of the following:
Oklahoma Statutes - Title 15. Contracts Page 196
a. an employee of a newspaper, news publication, or news
source, printed or on an online or mobile platform, of
current news and public interest, while operating as
an employee as provided in this subsection, who can
provide documentation of such employment with the
newspaper, news publication, or news source, or
b. an employee of a radio broadcast station, television
broadcast station, cable television operator, or wire
service while operating as an employee as provided in
this subsection, who can provide documentation of such
employment;
10. “Obscene” means the same as used in Section 1024.1 of Title
21 of the Oklahoma Statutes;
11. “Publish” means to communicate or make information
available to another person or entity on a publicly available
Internet website;
12. “Reasonable age verification methods” means verifying that
the person seeking access to the available material is eighteen (18)
years of age or older by using the following methods:
a. use of a digitized identification card as defined in
this section,
b. verification through an independent, third-party age
verification service that compares the personal
information entered by the individual who is seeking
access to the material that is available from a
commercially available database, or aggregate of
databases, that is regularly used by government
agencies and businesses for purpose of age and
identity verification, or
c. any commercially reasonable method that relies on
public or private transactional data to verify the age
of the person attempting to access the material;
13. “Substantial portion” means when more than a third of the
total material available on the website meets the definition of
material harmful to minors as defined in this section; and
14. “Transactional data” means a sequence of information that
documents as exchange, agreement, or transfer between an individual,
commercial entity, or a third party used for the purpose of
satisfying a request or event. Transactional data may include, but
not be limited to, records from mortgage, education, and employment
entities.
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