(A) Except as provided in subsection (B), a person or entity providing an electronic communication service to the public must not intentionally divulge the contents of any communication while in transmission on that service to any person or entity other than an addressee or intended recipient of the communication or an agent of the addressee or intended recipient.
(B) A person or entity providing electronic communication service to the public may divulge the contents of the communication:
(1) as otherwise authorized by this chapter;
(2) with the lawful consent of the originator or any addressee or intended recipient of the communication;
(3) to a person employed or authorized, or whose facilities are used to forward the communication to its destination; or
(4) which were inadvertently obtained by the service provider and which appeared to pertain to the commission of a crime, if the divulgence is made to a law enforcement agency.
HISTORY: 2002 Act No. 339, Section 14, eff July 2, 2002.
Structure South Carolina Code of Laws
Title 17 - Criminal Procedures
Chapter 30 - Interception Of Wire, Electronic, Or Oral Communications
Section 17-30-10. Interception of wire, electronic, or oral communications authorized.
Section 17-30-15. Definitions.
Section 17-30-20. Prohibited acts.
Section 17-30-35. Lawful interceptions of electronic communications.
Section 17-30-45. Use of pen register or trap and trace device.
Section 17-30-50. Penalty for violating Sections 17-30-20 through 17-30-45.
Section 17-30-60. Seizure and forfeiture.
Section 17-30-75. Disclosure of content of intercepted communication.
Section 17-30-85. Information to be specified in order.
Section 17-30-90. Duration and termination of interception; reports to authorizing judge.
Section 17-30-95. Interception prior to obtaining order; oral notification of judge in emergency.
Section 17-30-110. Pretrial motion to suppress; grounds; appeals by State; exclusive remedy.
Section 17-30-130. Reporting intercepted communications.