{"data":{"id":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-61-3c-14d","jurisdiction":"us-wv","citation":"W. Va. Code § 61-3C-14d","heading":"Prohibiting public disclosure of personal information on the internet; penalties.","body":"(a) For purposes of this section:\n\"Health care worker\" means a person who is an employee of a health care entity, a subcontractor, or independent contractor for a health care entity, or an employee of the subcontractor or independent contractor. The term includes, but is not limited to, a nurse, nurse’s aide, laboratory technician, physician, intern, resident, physician assistant, physical therapist, any other person who provides direct patient care, first responder, or any person serving in a governance capacity of a health care entity;\n\"Immediate family\" means a health care worker's spouse, child, or parent or any other relative who lives in the same residence as the health care worker;\n\"Personal information\" means the home address, home telephone number, personal mobile telephone number, pager number, personal e-mail address, or a personal photograph or video of a health care worker; directions to the home of a health care worker; or photographs or videos of the home or personal vehicle of a health care worker or the immediate family of a health care worker.\n(b) A person who knowingly, willfully, and intentionally makes the personal information of a health care worker, or a health care worker’s immediate family, publicly available on the internet:\n(1) With the intent to threaten, intimidate, or incite the commission of a crime of violence against that person; or\n(2) With the intent and knowledge that the personal information will be used to threaten, intimidate, or facilitate the commission of a crime of violence against that person is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than $500 or confined in jail not more than six months, or both fined and confined. For a second or subsequent offense, the person is guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined not more than $1,000 or confined in jail for not more than one year, or both fined and confined.","path":["CHAPTER 61. CRIMES AND THEIR PUNISHMENT.","ARTICLE 3C. WEST VIRGINIA COMPUTER CRIME AND ABUSE ACT."],"source_url":"https://code.wvlegislature.gov/61-3C-14D/","current_through":"as of 2026-08-03; contains at least the enactments of the 2026 Regular Session","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-06T00:31:23Z","sha256":"367bf160809ae4787299287fea9ff8297a55dd7c237af5da2b068b6c26c03c04","source_id":"us-wv","stale":true,"prev":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-61-3c-14c","next":"us-wv/w.-va.-code-61-3c-15"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}