Ohio Code § 2933.521
Ohio Code § 2933.521. Reproduced from the official Ohio Revised Code, with a citation summary, verification link, and related provisions.
§ 2933.521.
(A) Except as provided in division (B) of this section, no person or entity that provides
electronic communication service to the public shall purposely divulge the content
of a communication, while it is in transmission on that service, to a person or entity
other than an addressee or intended recipient of the communication or an agent of
an addressee or intended recipient of the communication. (B)(1) Division (A) of this section does not apply to a communication being transmitted
to the person or entity providing the electronic communication service or to an agent
of that person or entity. (2) Notwithstanding division (A) of this section, a person or entity that provides electronic
communication service to the public may divulge the content of a communication that
is in transmission on that service in any of the following circumstances: (a) The divulgence is authorized by division (B)(2) of section 2933.52, by section 2933.581,
by division (C) of section 2933.55, or by division (F) or (G) of section 2933.59 of the Revised Code or by a provision of the “Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986,” 100 Stat.
1848-1857, 18 U.S.C. 2510 - 2521 (1986) , as amended. (b) The originator or an addressee or intended recipient of the communication has lawfully
consented to the divulgence. (c) The divulgence is made to a person who is employed or authorized, or whose facilities
are used, to forward the communication to its destination. (d) The content of the communication divulged was inadvertently obtained by the provider
of the service, the content appears to pertain to the commission of a crime, and the
divulgence is made to a law enforcement agency. (C) Neither division (A) of this section nor any other provision of sections 2933.51 to 2933.66 of the Revised Code prohibits a provider of electronic communication service from recording the fact
that a wire or electronic communication was initiated or completed, in order to protect
the provider, another provider furnishing service toward the completion of the wire
or electronic communication, or a user of the electronic communication service from
fraudulent, unlawful, or abusive use of the electronic communication service.
Source: official Ohio text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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- Citation: Ohio Revised Code § 2933.521
- Jurisdiction: Ohio
- Code: Ohio Revised Code
- Text: transcribed from the official source (verify below)
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