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(b)A provider described in subsection (a) may divulge the contents of a communication—
(1)to an addressee or intended recipient of such communication or an agent of such addressee or intended recipient;
(2)as otherwise authorized in section 2517, 2511(2)(a), or 2703 of this title;
(3)with the lawful consent of the originator or an addressee or intended recipient of such communication, or the subscriber in the case of remote computing service;
(4)to a person employed or authorized or whose facilities are used to forward such communication to its destination;
(5)as may be necessarily incident to the rendition of the service or to the protection of the rights or property of the provider of that service;
(6)to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children, in connection with a report submitted thereto under section 2258A;
(7)to a law enforcement agency—
(A)if the contents—
(i)were inadvertently obtained by the service provider; and
(ii)appear to pertain to the commission of a crime; or
[(B)Repealed. Pub. L. 108–21, title V, § 508(b)(1)(A), Apr. 30, 2003, 117 Stat. 684] (repealed)
(8)to a governmental entity, if the provider, in good faith, believes that an emergency involving danger of death or serious physical injury to any person requires disclosure without delay of communications relating to the emergency; or
(9)to a foreign government pursuant to an order from a foreign government that is subject to an executive agreement that the Attorney General has determined and certified to Congress satisfies section 2523.
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