To prohibit the circumvention of control measures used by Internet retailers to ensure equitable consumer access to products, and for other purposes.
Stopping Grinch Bots Act of 2018
This bill prohibits the circumvention (e.g., via bot technology) of a website's security measure or technological control for enforcing posted purchasing limits or for managing inventory. A person may not sell a product if the person knows that the product was acquired using such circumvention.
Read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation.
Introduced in House
Introduced in House
Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
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