ABBREVIATIONS

ACC American Chamber of Commerce

APEC Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation

CA Certificate Authority

CAQDAS Computer Assisted Qualitative Data Analysis Software

CERT-In Computer Emergency Response Team

CICRA The Credit Information Companies Regulation Act, 2005

CISA Cybersecurity Information Sharing Act

CrCP Code of Criminal Procedure

CWW Consumer Web Watch

DPA Data Protection Act

DTSA Defend Trade Secrets Act

EC Electronic Commerce

ECHR European Convention on Human Rights

ECHR European Curt for Human Rights

EDI Electronic Data Interchange

EEA European Economic Area

EFT Electronic Fund Transfer

EG Electronic Government

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EIU Economist Intelligence Unit

ENP European Neighborhood Policy

EPIC Electronic Privacy Information Centre

E-ready Electronic Readiness

ETA Electronic Transaction Act

EU European Union

FBI Federal Bureau of Investigation

FIA Freedom of Information Act

FTA Free Trade Agreement

GDPR General Data Protection Regulation

GT Grounded Theory

HRA Human Rights Act

ICCPR International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights

ICO Information Commissioner’s Office-UK

ICT Information and Communications Technology

IMRG Interactive Media in Retail Group

IPC Indian Penal Code

IS Information Systems

ISPs Internet Service Providers

IT Act Information Technology Act

IT Information Technology

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JHCST Jordan’s Higher Council for Science and Technology

NCIIPC National Critical Information Infrastructure Protection

Centre

NGOs Non-Governmental Organizations

NSEC National Strategy for Electronic Commerce

OAS Organization of American States

OECD Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development

OECD Organization for Economic Co-operation and

Developments

OEEC Organization for European Economic Co-operation

RTI Act Right to information Act, 2005

UDHR Universal Declaration of Human Rights

UK United Kingdom

UNCITRAL United Nations Committee on International Trade Law

UNCTAD United Nations Conference on Trade and Development

UNRWA United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine

Refugees

US United States

USA United States of America

USAID United States Agency for International Development

WTO World Trade Organization

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