(1) Subject to subsection (2) and except as provided in section 3 or as otherwise provided by law, a person, or an employee or agent of the person, engaged in the business of selling at retail, renting, or lending books or other written materials, sound recordings, or video recordings shall not knowingly disclose to any person, other than the customer, a record or information that personally identifies the customer as having purchased, leased, rented, or borrowed those materials from the person engaged
As used in this act: (a) "Customer" means an individual who purchases, rents, or borrows a book, other written material, a sound recording, or a video recording. (b) "Employee" means an individual who works for an employer in exchange for wages or other remuneration. (c) "Employer" means a person that has 1 or more employees. (d) "Ordinary course of business" means activities related to the sale, rental, or lending of, or advertising in, materials described in section 2. (e) "Written" includes any
(1) Regardless of any criminal prosecution for the violation, a person that violates this act may be liable in a civil action for damages to a customer under subsection (2). (2) A customer described in subsection (1) who suffers actual damages as a result of a violation of this act may bring a civil action against the person that violated this act and may recover both of the following: (a) The customer's actual damages, including damages for emotional distress. (b) Reasonable costs and attorney fees
A record or information described in section 2 may be disclosed only in 1 or more of the following circumstances: (a) With the written permission of the customer. (b) Pursuant to a warrant or court order. (c) To the extent reasonably necessary to collect payment for the materials or the rental of the materials, if the customer has received written notice that the payment is due and has failed to pay or arrange for payment within a reasonable time after notice. (d) To any person if the disclosure
As used in this act: (a) "Adult driver training" means instruction that is provided to an individual 18 years of age or older in the operation of a motor vehicle, other than a commercial motor vehicle as defined in section 7a of the Michigan vehicle code, 1949 PA 300, MCL 257.7a. (b) "Behind-the-wheel instruction" means instruction to which either of the following applies: (i) A student is in control of a motor vehicle on a public street or highway in real and varied traffic situations and a driver
(1) Whether or not a person seeks damages or has an adequate remedy at law, a person may bring an action to do either or both of the following: (a) Obtain a declaratory judgment that a method, act, or practice is unlawful under this act. (b) Enjoin in accordance with the principles of equity a person who is engaging or is about to engage in a method, act, or practice which is unlawful under this act. (2) Except in a class action, a person who suffers loss as a result of a violation of this act may