Georgia defends e-commerce stolen goods law at 11th Circuit

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https://www.courthousenews.com/georgia-defends-e-commerce-stolen-goods-law-at-11th-circuit

Federal law instructs online marketplaces to collect information from “high-volume third-party sellers” — like their identification, contact and payment information — to safeguard against sales of dangerous products and stolen goods. High-volume sellers are people who make 200 or more sales of new or used consumer products and have a total of $5,000 or more in gross revenues.

Sales that count toward “high-volume” status under federal law are those made through the online marketplace and for which payment was processed by the online marketplace.

Georgia’s law would have required businesses to collect information from any transactions made using an online marketplace. That would include online platforms like Facebook Marketplace, Nextdoor and Craigslist, which facilitate sales but do not process exchanges of money.