the e-commerce legal environment bangkok, november, 2002 david marsh
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THE E-COMMERCE LEGAL ENVIRONMENT
Bangkok, November, 2002
David Marsh
Legal Issues
E-COMMERCE DEFINED
“Electronic commerce covers any form of business or administrative transaction or information exchange that is executed using any information and communications technology”
Legal Issues
DEMATERIALISATION
Ease of reproduction
Difficulty of detecting alteration
Absence of originality
Anonymity of source
Legal Issues
LANGUAGE IN STATUTES
Document
Writing
Signature
Instrument
Legal Issues
COMMUNICATION I
Face to face
Post
Telegraph/telegram
Telephone
Telex
Legal Issues
COMMUNICATION II
Fax
EDI (Electronic Data Interchange)
The internet
Legal Issues
THE ROLE OF THE UN
UNCTAD
UNCITRAL
UN/CEFACT
Legal Issues
TECHNICAL STANDARDS
TRADACOMS
UN/EDIFACT
ANSI X 12
HTML
XML
Eb/XML
OASIS
Legal Issues
LEGAL SYSTEMS
Common law
Civil or Roman law
Scandinavian law
European Law
Legal Issues
TYPES OF SOLUTIONS
Contractual
Legislative
Self regulatory
International convention
Legal Issues
INTERNATIONAL ISSUES
Contractual forms
Technical Standards
Data Protection
E-Commerce IP issues
Security and cryptology
Criminal issues
Legal Issues
THE CONFLICT OF INTEREST
Facilitation
Regulation
Legal Issues
SECURITY
Technical security
Commercial security
Legal security
National security
Legal Issues
SECURITY II
Monitoring
Intercept capability
Service provider “black boxes”
Commercial cost
Tipping off
Lawful business practice
Legal Issues
SIGNATURES
Requirements of form
Mechanical signatures
Intention to sign
Proof
The EU Digital Signatures Directive
National legislation
Legal Issues
VALID SIGNATURES!
Legal Issues
ELECTRONIC SIGNATURES
Standardisation of technology
Recognition of root authorities
Harmonisation of commercial codes
Modernisation of enforcement procedures
Legal Issues
INTERCHANGE AGREEMENTS
TPAs
long term relationships
repeatable dataflows
secure payment
agreed standards
call-off processes
Legal Issues
UN/CEFACT RECOMMENDATIONS
Recommendation 26 - TPAs
Recommendation 31 - Contract formation
Recommendation 32 - Codes of conduct
Current work
— Certification authority standards
— ODR
— ebXML legal issues
Legal Issues
FISCAL ISSUES
“…… should we tax the internet?”
“How should we tax the internet?”
Direct and indirect taxes
International aspects of taxation
Legal Issues
DATA PROTECTION
Data protection EU directive
Registration
Personal data
Consent
Confidentiality
Proper use
Correction of errors
Legal Issues
OTHER CURRENT ISSUES
Hacking
Spamming
Viruses
Bombing
Thank you for listening
Questions
DAVID MARSH