The secretary of state and Department of State personnel must keep certain contact and computer-system information confidential and generally must not disclose it, except for a limited government-to-government disclosure in Subsection C.
§1702. Confidentiality of information A. Any electronic mail address, internet protocol address number, or short message service number submitted to or captured by the secretary of state pursuant to the provisions of this Title shall be confidential and shall not be disclosed by the secretary of state or any employee or official of the Department of State. B. Computer system or program information, including software, related menus, flow charts, network diagrams, user names, non-public uniform resource locators, database object names, computer names, device identifiers and materials, prompts, dialogues, operating and instruction manuals, programming materials or instructions, any other computer operating or support materials relating to the secretary of state's computer systems and equipment, and any information contained within the secretary of state's computer systems which if disclosed may impair the security of the secretary of state's information technology infrastructure shall be confidential and shall not be disclosed by the secretary of state or any employee or official of the Department of State. C. The provisions of Subsection A of this Section shall not prohibit the disclosure of electronic mail addresses, internet protocol address numbers, or short message service numbers by the secretary of state or any employee or official of the Department of State to an agency, official, or employee of state government or of a political subdivision of the state in the course of the interaction of the agency, official, or employee with the Department of State. An agency, official, or employee that receives electronic mail addresses, internet protocol address numbers, or short message service numbers pursuant to this Subsection shall use the electronic mail addresses, internet protocol address numbers, or short message service numbers only for the governmental purposes for which the information was submitted or captured, shall not disclose the electronic mail addresses, internet protocol address numbers, or short message service numbers, and shall maintain the confidentiality of the electronic mail addresses, internet protocol address numbers, and short message service numbers. Acts 2014, No. 162, §1; Acts 2014, No. 328, §1, eff. Jan. 1, 2015; Acts 2019, No. 19, §2, eff. May 28, 2019.