Section 53-289e - Automated ticket purchasing software. Prohibitions. Unfair or deceptive act or practice.

CT Gen Stat § 53-289e (2019) (N/A)
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(a) No person shall utilize automated ticket purchasing software to purchase tickets on an Internet web site. For purposes of this section, “automated ticket purchasing software” means a device, computer program or computer software that enables the automated purchase of tickets to entertainment events by bypassing or rendering inoperable security measures on an Internet web site offering the sale of tickets to entertainment events.

(b) A violation of any provision of subsection (a) of this section shall constitute an unfair or deceptive act or practice in the conduct of trade or commerce pursuant to subsection (a) of section 42-110b.

(P.A. 17-77, S. 17.)

History: P.A. 17-77 effective January 1, 2018.