Terms Used In Vermont Statutes Title 9 Sec. 2482a

  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Person: shall include any natural person, corporation, municipality, the State of Vermont or any department, agency, or subdivision of the State, and any partnership, unincorporated association, or other legal entity. See
  • services: shall include any objects, wares, goods, commodities, work, labor, intangibles, courses of instruction or training, securities, bonds, debentures, stocks, real estate, or other property or services of any kind. See

§ 2482a. Definitions

In this chapter:

(1) “Account change” means a change to a member’s password, username, e-mail address, or other contact information an Internet dating service uses to enable communications between members.

(2) “Banned member” means the member whose account or profile is the subject of a fraud ban.

(3) “Fraud ban” means barring a member’s account or profile from an Internet dating service because, in the judgment of the service, the member poses a significant risk of attempting to obtain money from other members through fraudulent means.

(4) “Internet dating service” means a person, or a division of a person, that is primarily in the business of providing dating services principally on or through the Internet.

(5) “Member” means a person who submits to an Internet dating service information required to access the service and who obtains access to the service.

(6) “Vermont member” means a member who provides a Vermont residential or billing address or zip code when registering with the Internet dating service. (Added 2015, No. 128 (Adj. Sess.), § G.2, eff. May 24, 2016.)