37 Tex. Admin. Code § 37.2 - Commercial Social Networking Sites
(a)
A commercial social networking site may request access to online identifiers
maintained by the department under Code of Criminal Procedure, Article
62.051(c)(7).
(b) Requests may be
submitted to: Crime Records Service, Attn: Sex Offender Registration Unit,
Texas Department of Public Safety, P.O. Box 4143, Austin, Texas 78765-4143; or
via e-mail at: txsor@dps.texas.gov.
(c) Requests for access submitted to the
department must contain:
(1) the name of the
commercial social networking site;
(2) the website address of the commercial
social networking site;
(3) the
name, mailing address, e-mail address of a point of contact for the commercial
social networking site;
(4) the
state or country where the commercial social networking site's articles of
incorporation are filed; and
(5) a
statement indicating whether or not a combination of advertising revenue and
subscription fees generated by the commercial social networking site is in
excess of $10,000 per annum.
(d) The department will determine if a
requester of online identifiers meets the definition of provider .
(e) Approved providers will be instructed to
create a user account and furnished instructions to access public information
as defined by Code of Criminal Procedure, Article 62.005(b), and online
identifiers maintained by the department under Code of Criminal Procedure,
Article 62.051(c)(7).
(f)
Information disseminated to the provider by the department is subject to the
restrictions outlined by Code of Criminal Procedure, Article 62.0061.
(g) User accounts will be deactivated after
six (6) months of inactivity. This does not preclude a provider from requesting
reactivation of a user account.
(h)
The department reserves the right to terminate a user account for a violation
of any statute, administrative rule, or department policy.
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