Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Cyber squatting is an activity in which a person or a firm register
or uses the existing domain name that belongs to a well-known
organization for the purpose of infringing its trademarks to obtain the
payment from original trademark owner.
:
This issue is related to the consumer. The Privacy Invasion occurs
when the personal details belonging to the customer is provided to
the unauthorized parties.
:
Avoid storing certain sensitive information like credit card
number, bank account details. By not storing information, you are
in-fact protecting yourself and your website from the threats. So
do not store any kind of details and keep yourself in the secure
zone.
They are the laws that protect Intellectual Property which
cannot be used freely. The distribution rights are with the copyright
holders.
They are several hosts that take automatic back-up at fixed
intervals. You need to go for a host that does this. Because the back-
ups are the life-savers. When you are in a situation of losing
information or because of some virus intervention , it helps to keep
your information safe.
• These are few of the real life issues we are facing currently concerning identity.
• With the increase in sensitivity and value of the transaction, the availability and
reliability of accurate information about the identity of the remote party in order
to make a trust-based decision increases as well.
Other moral issues of e -commerce
1)Incorporation Problem
If you are a company operated merely via a website, not
being incorporated is a crucial problem. Any purchase and
selling activity related to your products will be considered
illegal and you can’t claim your right in case of any fraud and
corruption. Without incorporation, your business has no
shelter.
Trademark security problem
Not getting your trademark protected is one of the main legal issues in the field
of e-commerce. Since trademark is your company’s logo and symbol, the
representation of your business all over the web, it must be protected. If you
don’t secure it, it won’t take long before you’ll realize your trademark is being
infringed upon. This is very common legal issue and can become a deadly threat
to your e-business.
Transaction Issues
• People who use data on individuals need to be open and follow set
practices
• Cookies
• CRB – Computer Records Bureau
• Collection of IP addresses
• Identity theft
• Stolen credit/debit card data -swiping
• E-mail surveillance – reading your e-mails
References:
HTTPS://WWW.ASSIGNMENTCLUB.CO.UK/BLOG/999-ETHICAL-ISSUES-IN-E-COMMERCE
HTTPS://KNOWING-I-TECH.BLOGSPOT.COM/2011/09/ETHIC AL-ISSUES-IN-E-COMMERCE
https://www.eurologo.org/common-legal-issues-faced-by-e-commerce-businesses/
https://1legal.net/en/blog-read13-seven-key-legal-issues-in-the-e-commerce
https://www.unece.org/fileadmin/DAM/cefact/cf_forums/2018_China/eCommerce_Bio-
PPT/PPT_10_Khan.pdf