TY  - BOOK
AU  - Wang,Faye Fangfei
TI  - Law of electronic commercial transactions: contemporary issues in the EU, US and China 
T2  - Routledge research in IT and E-commerce law
SN  - 9780415832243 (pbk)
AV  - K1005 .W35 2014
U1  - 343.09/944 23
PY  - 2014///
CY  - Milton Park, Abingdon, Oxon, New York, NY
PB  - Routledge
KW  - Electronic commerce
KW  - Law and legislation
KW  - Contracts
KW  - Automation
KW  - Data encryption (Computer science)
KW  - Internet domain names
KW  - LAW / Commercial / International Trade
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - LAW / Computer & Internet
KW  - LAW / General
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Introduction -- What is an electronic contract? -- When is an electronic contract made? -- What are the terms and conditions? -- What are the vitiating factors? -- Where is the contract made? -- Contemporary issue : the electronic battle of the forms -- Electronic signatures and electronic authentication -- Data privacy protection : regulations -- Data privacy protection : practices and implementation -- Liability of Internet service providers : implementation of the notice and takedown (NTD) procedure -- Resolving electronic commercial disputes -- Conclusions and recommendations
N2  - "Law of Electronic Commercial Transactions clearly highlights and analyses the main legal obstacles to the establishment of trust and confidence in doing business online. The book compares the legislative frameworks of e-commerce in the EU, US, China and International Organisations. It sets out solutions to modernise and harmonise laws at the national, regional and international levels in response to the current technological developments. The second edition of this book has been fully updated taking into account both the changes in the use of technologies and developments in the law. The new edition provides information on the key legal challenges caused by the increasing popularity of cloud computing, particularly relating to data protection and jurisdiction, and considers how greater legal certainty can be achieved in cloud computing service contracts. The growth in use of automated computing systems to issue international contracts of sale is addressed in terms of what this may mean for the purpose of determining jurisdiction and existing conflict of law rules.The book discusses the recent UNCITRAL ODR Procedural Rules and explores how best to ensure consumer redress in cross-border e-commerce transactions by looking into the detail of the recent Proposal for a Regulation on Online Dispute Resolution for Consumer Protection in the EU. The parts of the book dealing with Internet security and data protection has been expanded taking into account the Proposal of Data Protection Regulation in the EU and explore the conditions of constituting valid consent for processing personal data under the current EU legal framework compared with China and the US.Law of Electronic Commercial Transactions is a clear and up to date account of a fast-moving area of study and as such will be great value to undergraduate and postgraduate students, practitioners and scholars in law and computing"--; "In its second edition, this book analyses the main legal obstacles to the establishment of trust and confidence in undertaking business online. In comparing the legislative frameworks of e-commerce in the EU, US, China and International Organisations, the book sets out solutions to modernise and harmonise laws at the national, regional and international levels in response to current technological developments. The new edition of this book has been fully updated to take into account changes in both the use of technologies and recent legal developments. It specifically provides information on the key legal challenges caused by the increasing popularity of cloud computing and its relation to data protection and jurisdiction, and considers how greater legal certainty can be achieved in cloud computing service contracts. The book also discusses the recent UNCITRAL ODR Procedural Rules and explores how best to ensure consumer redress in cross-border e-commerce transactions, by examining the recent Proposal for a Regulation on Online Dispute Resolution for Consumer Protection in the EU. The second edition of Law of Electronic Commercial Transactions is a clear and up to date account of a fast-moving area of study and will be of great value to undergraduate and postgraduate students, practitioners and scholars in law and computing"--
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