Eggs in baskets: distributing the risks of electronic signatures

Article Abstract:

The process of authenticating paper-based signatures is imperfect, and technologies developed for capturing and authenticating electronic signatures, such as public key encryption and pen biometrics, are also imperfect. The Utah strategy for public key encryption shifts the burden of protecting the secrecy of the key, and avoiding misuse, on the private key holder, or signator. Pen biometrics, which employs both signature capture and signature verification, distributes risk very much the way that the law of traditional signatures does.

Electronic commerce, E-commerce, Online transaction processing, Signature verification

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Personal jurisdiction in cyberspace: the constitutional boundary of minimum contacts limited to a Web site

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An 'additional activity' standard should be adopted to determine minimum contacts for personal jurisdiction in relation to the stream of commerce on the Internet. The suggested 'additional activity' standard was established by Justice O'Connor's opinion in Asahi v. Superior Court of California in 1987 and has since been applied to several Internet cases. This standard suggests that a passive Web site is insufficient in itself to establish minimum contracts for personal jurisdiction.

Courts, Jurisdiction, Analysis, World Wide Web, Personal jurisdiction, Points of contact (Conflict of laws)

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The Federal Trade Commission's commitment to on-line consumer protection

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The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is charged with enforcement of consumer protection laws as they apply to online commerce over the Internet. Most enforcement actions so far have been concerned with egregiously fraudulent marketing, including credit repair scams, pyramid schemes, and deceptive billing practices. Non-regulatory methods, including self-regulation by industry and consumer education, are also effective ways to enhance consumer protection in the online environment

Administration of General Economic Programs, Regulation, Licensing, and Inspection of Miscellaneous Commercial Sectors, Admin. of general economic programs, Federal Trade Commission, Consumer Protection Laws, Management, Consumer protection, Online services, Powers and duties, United States. Federal Trade Commission

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