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SECTION 538
In general
General Business (GBS) CHAPTER 20, ARTICLE 29-CC
§ 538. In general. (a) No person, firm, corporation, or other business
entity, regardless of its form of organization, shall deceptively cause
computer software to be copied onto the computer or internet-capable
device of a consumer in this state and use the software to access,
hijack, or use the consumer's modem, internet-capable device, or
internet service for the purpose of causing an authorized user or a
third party affected by such conduct to incur financial charges for a
service that is not authorized by the owner or an authorized user of the
computer.

(b) Any provision of a contract or an agreement entered into by a
consumer that deceives a consumer and that purports or may be construed
to authorize, divert, or require anything that would constitute a
violation of any of the provisions of this section is hereby declared to
be void as against public policy and shall not be enforceable.