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§ 2212. Severability

If any provision of this chapter or its application to any person or circumstances is held invalid, the invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the chapter, which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this chapter are declared to be severable.

§ 2211. Remedies

(a) Any customer injured by a violation of this title may commence a civil action to recover damages. (b) Any business that violates, proposes to violate, or has violated this title may be enjoined. (c) The rights and remedies available under this section are cumulative to each other and to any other rights and remedies […]

§ 2202. Identity theft

(a) A person commits the offense of identity theft when he or she knowingly: (1) uses any personal identifying information or personal identification document of another person to obtain credit, money, goods, services, or other property fraudulently, or (2) uses any personal identification information or personal identification document of another with intent to commit any […]

§ 2203. Aggravated identity theft

A person commits the offense of aggravated identity theft when the person commits the offense of identity theft as; set forth in section 2202, subsection (a) against: (1) A person who is 60 years of age or older; (2) A dependent adult, as defined in 34 V.I.C. § 452; or (3) A person who is […]

§ 2204. Civil remedies

A person who is convicted of identity theft or aggravated identity theft is liable in a civil action to the person who suffered damages as a result of the violation. The person suffering damages may recover court costs, attorney’s fees, lost wages, and actual damages.

§ 2207. Chapter not exclusive

This chapter shall not be construed to preclude the applicability of any other provision of the criminal law of the Virgin Islands which presently applies or may in the future apply to any transaction that violates this chapter, unless such provision is inconsistent with the terms of this chapter.

§ 2208. Notices of security breach

(a) Any agency that owns or licenses computerized data that includes personal information shall disclose any breach of the security of the system following discovery or notification of the breach in the security of the data to any resident of the Virgin Islands whose unencrypted personal information was, or is reasonably believed to have been, […]