If a change or error in an electronic record occurs in a transmission between parties to a transaction, the following rules apply:
(1) If the parties have agreed to use a security procedure to detect changes or errors and one party has conformed to the procedure, but the other party has not, and the nonconforming party would have detected the change or error had that party also conformed, the conforming party may avoid the effect of the changed or erroneous electronic record.
(2) In an automated transaction involving an individual, the individual may avoid the effect of an electronic record that resulted from an error made by the individual in dealing with the electronic agent of another person if the electronic agent did not provide an opportunity for the prevention or correction of the error and, at the time the individual learns of the error, the individual:
(A) Promptly notifies the other person of the error and that the individual did not intend to be bound by the electronic record received by the other person;
(B) Takes reasonable steps, including steps that conform to the other person's reasonable instructions, to return to the other person or, if instructed by the other person, to destroy the consideration received, if any, as a result of the erroneous electronic record; and
(C) Has not used or received any benefit or value from the consideration, if any, received from the other person.
(3) If neither subdivision (1) nor (2) of this section applies, the change or error shall have the effect provided by other applicable law, including the law of mistake, and the parties' contract, if any.
(4) Subdivisions (2) and (3) of this section may not be varied by agreement.
(P.A. 02-68, S. 10.)
Structure Connecticut General Statutes
Title 1 - Provisions of General Application
Chapter 15 - Connecticut Uniform Electronic Transactions Act
Section 1-266. - Short title: Connecticut Uniform Electronic Transactions Act.
Section 1-269. - Prospective application.
Section 1-270. - Use of electronic records and electronic signatures. Variation by agreement.
Section 1-271. - Construction and application.
Section 1-273. - Provision of information in writing. Presentation of records.
Section 1-274. - Attribution and effect of electronic record and electronic signature.
Section 1-275. - Effect of change or error.
Section 1-276. - Notarization and acknowledgment.
Section 1-277. - Retention of electronic records; originals.
Section 1-278. - Admissibility in evidence.
Section 1-279. - Automated transaction.
Section 1-280. - Time and place of sending and receipt.
Section 1-281. - Transferable records.
Section 1-284. - Electronic record presumed not sent to or received by a consumer.