Hawaii Passes New Cybercrime Laws | AllClear ID

Allison here, with AllClear ID. We?ve talked a lot about what the average person needs to do about cybercrime and how to protect their identity. So it?s nice when state governments take the initiative on behalf of the consumers and the citizens. That?s exactly the case in Hawaii, which recently passed three cybercrime laws meant to make it easier for identity theft victims to get the justice they desire and for law enforcement to prosecute those who commit these crimes. The three bills are outlined as follows:

• HB 1777 authorizes District and Circuit Court judges in Hawaii to order the production of records held by entities located outside of the state in all criminal cases.? The intent is to help prosecutors to obtain electronic evidence that is often stored by organizations in the continental United States.
• HB 1788, a cybercrime omnibus bill, toughens computer crime laws by modeling language after existing identity theft laws defining computer fraud as an aggravated form of theft.? It also imposes harsher penalties by raising each existing crime one grade higher.? Most notably, the bill creates a new offense of Computer Fraud in the Third Degree, a class C felony.? The crime would involve knowingly accessing a computer, computer system, or computer network, with intent to commit theft in the third or fourth degree.
• HB 2295 expands the existing offense of Use of a Computer in the Commission of a Separate Crime to include situations where a perpetrator knowingly uses a computer to perform certain acts against a victim or intended victim of harassment.? The bill clarifies that the offense is also committed when the perpetrator knowingly uses a computer to pursue, watch, contact, harass, annoy, or alarm a victim or intended victim.

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Here at AllClear ID, we celebrate when governments realize the consequences of identity theft. Maryland recently passed a law regarding child identity theft, allowing parents and guardians to take action to protect the identities of their children. Hawaii?s new laws will help prosecute those who try to commit these crimes, and will help victims be able to get justice and to take legal action if something happens electronically.

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