§ 62-324. Disclosure of information as to shipments unlawful. - North Carolina Statutes

§ 62‑324. Disclosure of information as to shipments unlawful.

(a)        It shall be unlawful for any common carrier engaged inintrastate commerce or any officer, receiver, trustee, lessee, agent, oremployee of such carrier, or for any other person authorized by such carrier,to receive information, knowingly to disclose to, or permit to be acquired byany person other than the shipper or consignee without the consent of suchshipper or consignee, any information concerning the nature, kind, quantity,destination, consignee, or routing of any property tendered or delivered tosuch common carrier for such transportation, which information may be used tothe detriment or prejudice of such shipper or consignee, or which mayimproperly disclose his business transactions to a competitor; and it shallalso be unlawful for any person to solicit or knowingly receive any suchinformation which may be so used.

(b)        Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent thegiving of such information in response to any legal process issued under theauthority of any court, or any officer or agent of the State or of thegovernment of the United States, in the exercise of his power, or to anyofficer or other duly authorized person seeking such information for theprosecution of persons charged with or suspected of crimes or to anothercarrier, or its duly authorized agent, for the purpose of adjusting mutualtraffic accounts in the ordinary course of business of such carriers. (1947, c. 1008, s. 30; 1961, c. 472, s. 8; 1963, c. 1165,s. 1.)