Law aspects

National Bank of Malawi (NBM) expressed its concern regarding the absence of the relevant legislative base to match the current global technological needs.

The bank notes that the existing laws in the sphere of commerce make allowance for checks and cash as the only legal payments which are found by the bank to be very archaic.

US voters were polled to express their opinion on the Credit Card Fair Fee Act, a legislation according to which retailers are allowed to negotiate credit card fees directly with the credit card industry in order to cut interchange fees. The survey shows that 77% of them support the new legislation.

Given the variety of material involved in the set up and operation of a website (text content, images, etc.), it is very easy for an e-business to inadvertently become a copyright infringer. Copyright infringement actions carry important penalties, and thus e-businesses should make sure that measures are put into place to prevent copyright infringement.

The ongoing discussions on TV, radio, newspapers and the Internet on the need to make a law on transactions done electronically are timely.

With the support of the Parliamentary Committee on Energy, Communications and Public works, these efforts by the Government and the private sector to draft an Electronic Transaction Bill (ET Bill) could soon be rewarded when it becomes law.

The use of electronic banking poses many potential concerns with privacy, online theft and identity theft. The use of these processes may hold more convenience; however there may be some losses that will occur as a result of its use.

This essay discusses sellers’ liabilities on e-commerce activities in Turkey, which are regulated by Turkish Obligations Code (OC) and Commercial Code (CC).

Under Turkish OC, article 182, buyers are responsible for the profits or losses generated by the purchased goods from the time the agreement is concluded, unless the agreement states otherwise.

Online security related to the sensible information concerns the UK House of Lords. The members are calling for improvements to the way personal data is protected on the web.
The government was inculpated by the Select Committee for "a level of indifference dispelled only as a result of recent incidents involving serious losses of personal data".

Japanese authorities sought to curtail proliferation of spam through the Law on Regulation of Transmission of Specified Electronic Mail (Law No. 26 of April 17, 2002), as amended by Law No. 87 of July 26, 2005 (the “Anti-Spam Law”). The content of this Japanese anti-spam law is similar to the United States CAN-SPAM Act of 2003. Consistent enforcement the Anti-Spam Law and imposition of fines have strongly supported Japan's anti-spam endeavors.

In Florida the same taxes and rules that apply to a traditional “Main Street” merchant will apply to merchants who carry out business over the Internet. Use tax at the rate of six percent that is levied on sales made by customary means is also levied on e-commerce transactions. Electronic merchants are obligated to collect and remit applicable use tax for all of their transactions.

Argentina approved law 26388 (2008) that updates its criminal code and sanctions information technology crimes. On June 4th, and after numerous debates, Argentinean "Camara de Diputados" typified as crimes the following conducts (a) the distribution and possession with the intent to distribute child pornography; (b) e-mail violations; (c) illegal access to information systems; (d) distribution