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Deploys a companion chatbot, in New Hampshire

New Hampshire Wiretapping and Eavesdropping Act, Interception and Civil Damagessince 3 lines

RSA 570-A:1, 570-A:2, 570-A:11 · Read the law's page

  • Do not intercept, disclose or use the contents of a telecommunication or oral communication without the consent of every party to it.
  • The rule reaches any telecommunication carried in whole or in part over a communications common carrier's facilities, whether or not either party expected privacy, and an in-person oral communication only where the speaker reasonably expected, in the circumstances, that it would not be intercepted.
  • Being a party to the conversation, or holding only one other party's prior consent, does not excuse you: knowingly intercepting a telecommunication or oral communication that way is itself an offense, and the chapter has no exception for a business recording its own sales or customer-service calls.
AI Chatbot Solicitation of Childrensince 4 lines

RSA 639:3, III-a; RSA 507:8-k · Read the law's page

  • Do not operate an AI chatbot or other generative-communication application that, knowing it is directing a communication to a child, facilitates, encourages, offers, solicits, or recommends that the child imminently engage in sexually explicit conduct, illegal drug or alcohol use, self-harm or suicide, or violence against another person.
  • A violation is prosecuted as a misdemeanor, not a felony, under RSA 639:3, III-a.
  • The attorney general, not the child or a parent directly, holds the sole right to bring a civil action against you for a violation, seeking damages with a floor of $1,000 per violation.
  • This does not reach a cloud, telecommunications, or information service provider handling another party's content, or an AI chat feature that is incidental to a video game, streaming service, or similar entertainment product.

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