Several new laws will be going into affect on January 1, 2023.  One of those is Senate Bill 332, known as the Inform Consumer Act and is meant to keep shoppers safe while shopping on an online marketplace.

The law prevents criminals from selling goods stolen from retail stores on any online marketplace platform.  Governor Brian Kemp says, “Here in Georgia, we will do everything possible to curb crime and make life difficult for those who break the law. With SB 332, we’re dealing another blow to the organized gangs that steal from Georgia shops and stores by making it much harder for them to profit from their heists”.

Doug Bowman, a marketing professor at Emory University said thieves are grooming new people to scam others. “The industry seems like it’s always sort of chasing the sophistication of the bad guys. The challenge is that the organized groups in some ways often as soon as we create one fix, sort of have to figure out the next step. And so hopefully this slows them down considerably,” said Bowman.

Now an online retailer selling what’s considered a high volume of items- indicated as more than 200 items, worth thousands of dollars, must register with the state.

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