Prohibitions against certain unfair and deceptive Internet sales practices

15 U.S. Code § 8402. Prohibitions against certain unfair and deceptive Internet sales practices

(a) Requirements for certain Internet-based salesIt shall be unlawful for any post-transaction third party seller to charge or attempt to charge any consumer’s credit card, debit card, bank account, or other financial account for any good or service sold in a transaction effected on the Internet, unless—
(1) before obtaining the consumer’s billing information, the post-transaction third party seller has clearly and conspicuously disclosed to the consumer all material terms of the transaction, including—
(A)
a description of the goods or services being offered;
(B)
the fact that the post-transaction third party seller is not affiliated with the initial merchant, which may include disclosure of the name of the post-transaction third party in a manner that clearly differentiates the post-transaction third party seller from the initial merchant; and
(C)
the cost of such goods or services; and
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