Sec. 2. Protection from deceptive online booking practices
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The Restore Online Shoppers’ Confidence Act ( 15 U.S.C. 8401 et seq. ) is amended— in section 2, by adding at the end the following new paragraph: Hotel reservation transactions can be easily made online. Online commerce has created the opportunity for third party sellers to offer hotel reservations online while another company owns the hotel or provides the services purchased by the consumer. A consumer should have the utmost clarity as to which company such consumer is transacting with online. Actions by third party sellers that misappropriate brand identity, trademark, and other marketing content are harmful to consumers. ; in section 3— by redesignating subsections
(c)and
(d)as subsections
(d)and (e), respectively; and by inserting after subsection
(b)the following new subsection: It shall be unlawful for a third party online hotel reservation 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 the third party online hotel reservation seller clearly and conspicuously discloses to the consumer all material terms of the transaction, including— before the conclusion of the transaction— a description of the good or service being offered; and the cost of such good or service; and in a manner that is continuously visible to the consumer throughout the transaction process, the fact that the third party online hotel reservation seller is a third party seller and is not affiliated with the person who owns the hotel or provides the hotel services or accommodations. In this subsection: The term Commission means the Federal Trade Commission. The term third party online hotel reservation seller means a person that sells, or offers for sale, hotel reservations on the Internet and is not affiliated with the person who owns the hotel or provides the hotel services or accommodations. ; and in section 6(a), by striking the period at the end and inserting , damages, restitution, or other compensation on behalf of residents of the State, or such other relief that the court determines appropriate. .
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