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...(A)(1) A representative of a protected consumer may elect to place a security freeze on the protected consumer's credit report in the manner prescribed in division (B) of this section by making a request to a consumer credit reporting agency in writing by certified mail or other comparable service or by any secured electronic method authorized by the consumer credit reporting agency. (2) A representative requesting ...

...(A) If a consumer credit reporting agency willfully fails to comply with division (C) or (J) of section 1349.52 of the Revised Code, the consumer may file a civil action against the consumer credit reporting agency. In the civil action, the consumer may recover all of the following: (1) Actual damages sustained by the consumer as a result of the consumer credit reporting agency's failure to comply with divi...

...(A) As used in this section: (1) "Non-recourse civil litigation advance" means a transaction in which a company makes a cash payment to a consumer who has a pending civil claim or action in exchange for the right to receive an amount out of the proceeds of any realized settlement, judgment, award, or verdict the consumer may receive in the civil lawsuit. (2) "Company" means a person or entity that enters into a ...

...(A)(1) Subject to division (C) of this section, no person or entity shall sell a gift card to a purchaser containing an expiration date that is less than two years after the date the gift card is issued. (2) No person or entity, within two years after a gift card is issued, shall charge service charges or fees relative to that gift card, including dormancy fees, latency fees, or administrative fees, that have the ef...

...As used in sections 1349.65 to 1349.76 of the Revised Code: (A) "Consumer product" has the same meaning as in section 101 of the "Magnuson-Moss Warranty-Federal Trade Commission Improvement Act," 15 U.S.C. 2301 and 16 C.F.R. 700.1. (B) "High-volume third party seller" means a participant on an online marketplace's platform that is a third party seller and that, in any continuous twelve-month period during the pre...

...(A) An online marketplace shall require any high-volume third party seller on such online marketplace's platform to provide, not later than ten days after qualifying as a high-volume third party seller on the platform, all of the following information to the online marketplace: (1)(a) A bank account number, or, if such seller does not have a bank account, the name of the payee for payments issued by the online mark...

...(A) An online marketplace shall do both of the following: (1) Verify the information collected under division (A) of section 1349.66 of the Revised Code not later than ten days after such collection; (2) Verify any change to such information not later than ten days after being notified of such change by a high-volume third party seller under division (B) of section 1349.66 of the Revised Code. (B) In the case o...

...Data collected solely to comply with the requirements of this chapter shall not be used for any other purpose unless required by law.

...An online marketplace shall implement and maintain reasonable security procedures and practices, including administrative, physical, and technical safeguards, appropriate to the nature of the data and the purposes for which the data will be used, to protect the data collected to comply with the requirements of this chapter from unauthorized use, disclosure, access, destruction, or modification.

...(A) An online marketplace shall do both of the following: (1) Require any high-volume third party seller with an aggregate total of twenty thousand dollars or more in annual gross revenues on such online marketplace, and that uses such online marketplace's platform, to provide the information described in division (B) of this section to the online marketplace; (2) Disclose the information described in division (B...

...(A) Subject to division (B) of this section, upon the request of a high-volume third party seller, an online marketplace may provide for partial disclosure of the identity information required under division (B)(1) of section 1349.70 of the Revised Code in the following situations: (1) If such seller certifies to the online marketplace that the seller does not have a business address and only has a residential stre...

...An online marketplace shall disclose to consumers in a clear and conspicuous manner on the product listing of any high-volume third-party seller a reporting mechanism that allows for electronic and telephonic reporting of suspicious marketplace activity to the online marketplace.

...If a high-volume third-party seller does not comply with the requirements to provide and disclose information under sections 1349.70 and 1349.71 of the Revised Code, the online marketplace shall, after providing the seller with written or electronic notice and an opportunity to provide or disclose such information not later than ten days after the issuance of such notice, suspend any future sales activity of such sel...

...(A) A violation of sections 1349.66 to 1349.73 of the Revised Code is an unfair or deceptive act or practice in violation of section 1345.02 of the Revised Code. (B)(1) The attorney general shall enforce sections 1349.66 to 1349.73 of the Revised Code in the same manner, by the same means, and with the same jurisdiction, powers, and duties as though all applicable terms and provisions of sections 1345.01 to 1345.13...

...If any provision of sections 1349.65 to 1349.74 of the Revised Code, or the application thereof to any person or circumstance, is held invalid, the remainder of those provisions and the application of such provision to other persons not similarly situated or to other circumstances shall not be affected by the invalidation.

...The intent of the general assembly in enacting sections 1349.65 to 1349.76 of the Revised Code is to establish a statewide, comprehensive enactment that applies to all parts of the state, operates uniformly throughout the state, and sets forth police regulations. No political subdivision as defined in section 2744.01 of the Revised Code shall establish, mandate, or otherwise require online marketplaces or sellers to ...

...(A) Not less than thirty days prior to a person filing a foreclosure action to collect on a debt secured by residential real property, the person shall first send a written notice as described in division (B) of this section via United States mail to the residential address of the debtor, if both of the following apply: (1) The debt is secured by a mortgage lien on the debtor's residential real property that is not...

...As used in this section and section 1349.81 of the Revised Code: (A) "Performing group" means a vocal or instrumental group seeking to use the name of a recording group that previously released a commercial sound recording under the recording group's name. (B) "Recording group" means a vocal or instrumental group that includes at least one member who satisfies both of the following criteria: (1) The member ...

...(A) Except as otherwise provided in division (B) of this section, no person shall advertise or conduct a live musical performance or production in this state through the use of a false, deceptive, or misleading affiliation, connection, or association between a performing group and a recording group. (B) Division (A) of this section does not apply to a person if any of the following circumstances apply: (1) Th...

...A violation of division (A) of section 1349.81 of the Revised Code is an unfair or deceptive act or practice in violation of section 1345.02 of the Revised Code.

...As used in sections 1349.84 to 1349.86 of the Revised Code: (A) "Ammunition" has the same meaning as in section 2305.401 of the Revised Code and includes any ammunition component. (B) "Assign" or "assignment" refers to a financial institution's policy, process, or practice that labels, links, or otherwise associates a firearms code with a merchant or a payment card transaction in a manner that allows the financi...

...(A) Except for those records kept during the regular course of a criminal investigation and prosecution, or as otherwise required by law, no government entity or official, and no agent or employee of a governmental entity shall knowingly keep or cause to be kept any list, record, or registry of privately owned firearms or the owners of those firearms. (B) No financial institution or agent of a financial institution...

...(A)(1) The attorney general shall investigate reasonable allegations that a person or entity, including a government entity, has violated section 1349.85 of the Revised Code and, upon finding a violation, provide written notice to the person or entity believed to have committed the violation. The person or entity shall cease the violation within thirty days after receiving notice from the attorney general under this ...

...(A) Whoever violates section 1349.06 or 1349.17 of the Revised Code is guilty of a minor misdemeanor. (B)(1) Whoever violates section 1349.45 of the Revised Code is guilty of a misdemeanor of the first degree. (2) Notwithstanding division (B)(1) of this section, the only remedies that are available for a violation of section 1349.45 of the Revised Code by a registrant or licensee under Chapter 1322. of the Revised ...

...Not later than sixty days after a party is served with a complaint, cross-claim, counterclaim, third-party claim, or other pleading that asserts a cause of action to which this chapter applies, the party may file a motion for expedited relief to dismiss the civil action or claim. The court may extend the sixty-day period to file the motion for expedited relief for good cause shown.