MHHS · Consumer Protection Act
Part 8 — .1
57.3 Use of certain software
ticket purchasing software, intended to circumvent any of the
following on a website, online service or electronic application of a
ticket business:
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(a) a security measure;
(b) an access-control system;
(c) a control or measure that i s used to ensure an equitable
ticket-buying process;
(d) a control or measure that is used to limit the number of
tickets a person may purchase;
(e) a prescribed contro l, measure or system.
(2) Subsection (1) does not apply to the use of software that is
intended
(a) to investigate a contravention of this or any other Act or
law,
(b) to engage in research to id entify and analyze flaws and
vulnerabilities of measures, systems or controls referred to
in subsection (1) for the purpose of advancing the state of
knowledge in the field of computer system security or
assisting in the development of a computer security product,
or
(c) for a prescribed research or educational purpose.
(3) No person shall knowingly make a ticket available for sale or
facilitate the sale of a ticket if the ticket was obtained through the
use of software described in subsection (1).
(4) A primary seller shall
(a) exercise reasonable diligen ce to detect the purchase of a
ticket through the use of software described in subsection
(1), and
(b) cancel any ticket the primary seller reasonably believes was
purchased from the primary seller through the use of
software described in subsection (1).
2017 c18 s1(10);2018 c11 s1