HB8 Alabama 2015 Session

This bill would require the operator of a website containing an arrest photograph and personal information of a person charged with a crime to remove, at no charge, the photograph and information within a specified period after notice that the person was acquitted, the charges were dropped, or the charges were otherwise resolved without conviction

This bill would also provide that the failure to remove the photograph and personal information upon request is a deceptive trade practice and that an aggrieved individual is entitled to all rights and remedies under the Deceptive Trade Practices Act

To require the operator of a website publishing an arrest photograph of an individual to remove the photograph and personal information within a specified period upon notice of acquittal or other resolution of the charges without a conviction; to provide that failure to remove a photograph and information is a deceptive trade practice; and to provide remedies for violations.