Public Policy: Legal Issues to Privacy

Chapter #10

Group Members

Muneeb AhmedShahwaiz AhmedNouman khanAbdul Hadi

Privacy

An ecommerce privacy policy is your everyday practice of collecting, managing, and using data from site visitors. What you do — not what you say — is most important. 

Reality of Privacy Within 1 minute, I can find out your address, your

marriage status, SSN, gender, driver’s license, record of prior convictions.

In 5 minutes, I can check any prior divorces, employment records, lawsuits, and personal photos.

In half an hour, I’ll know your race, sexual orientation, political preference. I’ll know the books you read, things you like, and the friends you have.

All that without leaving my desk.

Copyright

It is a right which Grants protection to the unique expression of Ideas.

Literary Films Dramatic

Musical Sound RecordingArtistic

What is covered by copyright?

What is not covered by copyright?

Ideas

Facts

Recipes

Works lacking originality (e.g. The phone book) Names, titles or short phrases

Cookies

Piece of information that allows a Web site to record one’s comings and goingsWeb sites can ‘remember’ information

about users and respond to their preferences on a particular site, process is transparent to users

Web sites can maintain information on a particular user across HTTP connections

Shahwaiz Ahmed.

Intellectual property rights

Intellectual Property is a property that arises from the human intellect. It is a product of human creation.

Intellectual Property are of two distinct forms:* Literary & Artistic Works* Industrial Property

Literary & Artistic Work

They are books, paintings, musical compositions, plays, movies, radio/tv programs, performances, & other artistic works.

How are they Protected?

* Protected by “COPYRIGHT”

Industrial Property

Industrial Property describes physical matter that is the product of an idea or concept for commercial purposes.

How are they Protected?

* By Logo* By Trademarks* By Industrial Designs

Validity of contracts

Most contracts only need to contain two elements to be legally valid:

All parties must be in agreement (after an offer has been made by one party and accepted by the other).

Something of value must be exchanged -- such as cash, services, or goods (or a promise to exchange such an item) -- for something else of value.

Nouman khan

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Unethical distribution of software

Software piracy is morally bad when someone reproduces a copy of the software and sells it for profit

Produces exactly the same or similar version without giving proper credit to the original author, or simply produces it and distributes it to others

Taxation

Companies that do business on the Web are subject to the same taxes as any other company. Federal, state, and local taxing authorities are trying to figure out how to impose taxes on Internet sales.Those taxes may include:

Income TaxesSales TaxesProperty TaxesCustoms Duties

Free speech

Everyone has the right to freedom of opinion and expression; this right includes freedom to hold opinions without interference and to seek, receive, and impart information and ideas through any media and regardless of frontiers.

Trademarks

Trademark: A symbol, logo, word, sound, color, design,

or other device that is used to identify a business or a product in commerce.

Different Symbols are :

™ Intent to use application filed for productSM Intent to use application filed for services® Registered trademark

Trademarks

Name

Logotype

Symbol

Slogan

Shape

Color

Abdul Hadi

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Buyer Protection Tips for safe electronic shopping

Look for reliable brand names at sites.

Investigate how secure the seller’s site is and how well it is organized.

Cont…Examine the money-back guarantees, warranties, and

service agreements.

Compare prices to those in regular stores; too-low prices may be too good to be true.

Find out what you can do in case of a dispute.

Consult the National Fraud Information Center.

Do not forget the you have shopper’s rights.

Seller Protection

Protection against consumers who refuse to pay or pay with bad checks and buyers’ claims that the merchandise did not arrive

Need protection against the use of their name.

Customers who download copyrighted software and/or knowledge and sell it to others

CONCLUSION

Create yourself, rather than using other’s creations

Do not use competitor’s mark in such way that it harms competitor in unfair way

No comparisons that are likely to cause confusion

CONCLUSION

Technological advancement made the job of the CREATOR easy………it also made the job of the COPY-ER easy.

Any Questions…..