The Internet and E-commerce

✍ Scribed by Peter Carey

• Year: 2003
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 104
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

As we use the Web as a platform for more and more of our business activities, it is vital that companies and their legal advisers are aware of the legal implications and liabilities that they are exposed to. This special Report looks at the law of e-commerce and the common pitfalls that Internet businesses continue to fall into. Supported by appendices of essential legal considerations, useful addresses and websites [including the Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy and the Consumer Protection (Distant Selling) Regulations 2000] the Report provides a one-stop-shop to safeguarding your e-commerce business. It will also ensure that you keep future plans free from legal complications and entanglements.

✦ Table of Contents

The author......Page 5
Introduction......Page 9
1: Orientation......Page 12
2: E-management......Page 19
3: What’s in a name?......Page 24
4: E-commerce contracts......Page 34
5: Liability for website content......Page 43
6: Customer information......Page 52
7: Security......Page 65
8: Tax......Page 68
Appendix 1: Glossary......Page 71
Appendix 2: Checklist of essential legal considerations......Page 73
Appendix 3: Consumer Protection (Distance Selling) Regulations 2000......Page 74
Appendix 4: Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy......Page 96
Appendix 5: Uniform Dispute Resolution Policy Approved Providers......Page 102
Appendix 6: Useful addresses and websites......Page 103