E-raamat: Law of Electronic Commercial Transactions: Contemporary Issues in the EU, US and China

"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 legalcertainty 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 andpostgraduate students, practitioners and scholars in law and computing"--

"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 andInternational 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"--

The development of new technologies places new challenges to the interpretation and implementation of legislation in the information society. The recent deployment of service-oriented computing and cloud computing for online commercial activities has urged countries to amend existing legislation and launch new regulations. With the exponential growth of international electronic commercial transactions, a consistent global standard of regulating the legal effects of electronic communications, the protection of data privacy security and the effectiveness of Internet-related dispute resolution are motivating factors to build users’ trust and confidence in conducting cross-border business and their sharing information online.

The second edition of this book continues taking a ‘solutions to obstacles’ approach and 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. It specifically provides information on the key legal challenges caused by the increasing popularity of service-oriented computing and cloud computing as well as the growing number of cross-border transactions and its relation to data privacy protection, Internet jurisdiction, choice of law and online dispute resolution. It considers how greater legal certainty can be achieved in cloud computing service contracts and other agreements resulted in service-oriented computing.

The second edition of Law of Electronic Commercial Transactions is a clear and up to date account of a fast-moving area of study. It will be of great value to legislators, politicians, practitioners, scholars, businesses, individuals, postgraduate and undergraduate students. It provides in-depth research into finding solutions to remove eight generic legal obstacles in electronic commercial transactions and offers insights into policy making, law reforms, regulatory developments and self-protection awareness.