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urn: urn:us-la:rs:51:2010
citation: "R.S. 51:2010"
status: active
breadcrumb: "Title 51 › Chapter 30-A"
acts_citations:
  - { year: 2006, number: 392, section: 1, effective_date: null, role: enactment }
---

# Misrepresentation and deception

A person or entity who is not an authorized user shall not do any of the following:

(1) Induce an authorized user to install a software component onto the computer by misrepresenting that installing software is necessary for security or privacy reasons or in order to open, view, or play a particular type of content.

(2) Cause the copying and execution on the computer of a computer software component with the intent of causing an authorized user to use the component in a way that violates any other provision of this Section.