A B.C. ruling says companies like Amazon remain responsible for items they deliver until they are in the hands of the actual purchaser, despite company terms and conditions that allow dropoff of parcels on a porch or to anyone who answers a door. Photo by INA FASSBENDER / AFP via Getty Images

Just in time for online shopping season — and perhaps for peak porch piracy — the first B.C. decision of its kind states that companies in this province are responsible for loss or damage of packages left on doorsteps or with anyone other than the purchaser.

The decision from Consumer Protection B.C. fined Amazon $10,000 and defines what constitutes a legal delivery in B.C.

“Goods to be delivered under a distant sales contract must be provided directly to the consumer,” wrote Shahid Noorani, vi

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