Terms Used In Florida Statutes > Chapter 668 > Part V - Computer Abuse and Data Recovery Act

• Affidavit: A written statement of facts confirmed by the oath of the party making it, before a notary or officer having authority to administer oaths.
• Assets: (1) The property comprising the estate of a deceased person, or (2) the property in a trust account.
• Authorized user: means a director, officer, employee, third-party agent, contractor, or consultant of the owner, operator, or lessee of the protected computer or the owner of information stored in the protected computer if the director, officer, employee, third-party agent, contractor, or consultant is given express permission by the owner, operator, or lessee of the protected computer or by the owner of information stored in the protected computer to access the protected computer through a technological access barrier. See Florida Statutes 668.802
• Beneficiary: A person who is entitled to receive the benefits or proceeds of a will, trust, insurance policy, retirement plan, annuity, or other contract. ^{Source: OCC}
• Business: means any trade or business regardless of its for-profit or not-for-profit status. See Florida Statutes 668.802
• Capital account: means the aggregate value of unimpaired capital stock based on the par value of the shares, plus any unimpaired surplus and undivided profits or retained earnings of a family trust company organized as a corporation; or the initial cash investment remitted for membership interests in a family trust company organized as a limited liability company, plus any undivided profits or retained earnings of the limited liability company. See Florida Statutes 662.111
• Commercial banking: means the business of receiving demand and time deposits, paying checks, or lending money to the public. See Florida Statutes 662.111
• Computer: means an electronic, magnetic, optical, electrochemical, or other high-speed data processing device that performs logical, arithmetic, or storage functions and includes any data storage facility, data storage device, or communications facility directly related to, or operating in conjunction with, the device. See Florida Statutes 668.802
• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
• Defendant: In a civil suit, the person complained against; in a criminal case, the person accused of the crime.
• Equitable: Pertaining to civil suits in "equity" rather than in "law." In English legal history, the courts of "law" could order the payment of damages and could afford no other remedy. See damages. A separate court of "equity" could order someone to do something or to cease to do something. See, e.g., injunction. In American jurisprudence, the federal courts have both legal and equitable power, but the distinction is still an important one. For example, a trial by jury is normally available in "law" cases but not in "equity" cases. ^{Source: U.S. Courts}
• Escrow: Money given to a third party to be held for payment until certain conditions are met.
• Executor: A male person named in a will to carry out the decedent
• Family affiliate: means a company or other entity in which one or more family members own, control, or have the power to directly or indirectly vote more than 50 percent of a class of voting securities of that company or other entity. See Florida Statutes 662.111
• Family member: means :
  (a) A designated relative. See Florida Statutes 662.111
• Family trust company: means a corporation or limited liability company that:
  (a) Is exclusively owned by one or more family members. See Florida Statutes 662.111
• Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
• Foreign licensed family trust company: means a family trust company that:
  (a) Is licensed by a state in the United States other than this state or the District of Columbia. See Florida Statutes 662.111
• Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
• Harm: means any impairment to the integrity, access, or availability of data, programs, systems, or information. See Florida Statutes 668.802
• Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
• Licensed family trust company: means a family trust company that operates in accordance with this chapter and has been issued a license that has not been revoked or suspended by the office. See Florida Statutes 662.111
• Loss: means any of the following:
  (a) Any reasonable cost incurred by the owner, operator, or lessee of a protected computer or the owner of stored information, including the reasonable cost of conducting a damage assessment for harm associated with the violation and the reasonable cost for remediation efforts, such as restoring the data, programs, systems, or information to the condition it was in before the violation. See Florida Statutes 668.802
• oath: includes affirmations. See Florida Statutes 1.01
• Oath: A promise to tell the truth.
• Office: means the Office of Financial Regulation. See Florida Statutes 662.111
• person: includes individuals, children, firms, associations, joint adventures, partnerships, estates, trusts, business trusts, syndicates, fiduciaries, corporations, and all other groups or combinations. See Florida Statutes 1.01
• Personal property: All property that is not real property.
• Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
• political subdivision: include counties, cities, towns, villages, special tax school districts, special road and bridge districts, bridge districts, and all other districts in this state. See Florida Statutes 1.01
• Power of attorney: A written instrument which authorizes one person to act as another's agent or attorney. The power of attorney may be for a definite, specific act, or it may be general in nature. The terms of the written power of attorney may specify when it will expire. If not, the power of attorney usually expires when the person granting it dies. ^{Source: OCC}
• Probate: Proving a will
• Protected computer: means a computer that is used in connection with the operation of a business and stores information, programs, or code in connection with the operation of the business in which the stored information, programs, or code can be accessed only by employing a technological access barrier. See Florida Statutes 668.802
• Technological access barrier: means a password, security code, token, key fob, access device, or similar measure. See Florida Statutes 668.802
• Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
• Without authorization: means access to a protected computer by a person who:
  (a) Is not an authorized user;
  (b) Has stolen a technological access barrier of an authorized user; or
  (c) Circumvents a technological access barrier on a protected computer without the express or implied permission of the owner, operator, or lessee of the computer or the express or implied permission of the owner of information stored in the protected computer. See Florida Statutes 668.802
• writing: includes handwriting, printing, typewriting, and all other methods and means of forming letters and characters upon paper, stone, wood, or other materials. See Florida Statutes 1.01