Section 538. In general  


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  • (a) No person, firm, corporation, or other business
      entity,  regardless of its form of organization, shall deceptively cause
      computer software to be copied onto  the  computer  or  internet-capable
      device  of  a  consumer  in  this  state and use the software to access,
      hijack,  or  use  the  consumer's  modem,  internet-capable  device,  or
      internet  service  for  the  purpose  of causing an authorized user or a
      third party affected by such conduct to incur financial  charges  for  a
      service that is not authorized by the owner or an authorized user of the
      computer.
        (b)  Any  provision  of  a  contract or an agreement entered into by a
      consumer that deceives a consumer and that purports or may be  construed
      to  authorize,  divert,  or  require  anything  that  would constitute a
      violation of any of the provisions of this section is hereby declared to
      be void as against public policy and shall not be enforceable.