Consumer Protection in the Global Electronic Market Place : Looking Ahead

The global nature of the rapidly growing electronic marketplace poses challenges: consumers face concerns about the availability of legal protections & avenues for redress. Businesses face concerns about the costs & unpredictability of the regulatory environment. In Dec. 1999 the FTC adopted guidelines, based on a public international workshop, that represent the views of the 29 countries of the OECD & offer a framework for governments building online consumer protections for the private sector developing self-regulatory regimes, & for consumers shopping online. The report also offers a number of recommendations to consumers in moving toward this goal.Rosenthal, Lisa D. is the author of 'Consumer Protection in the Global Electronic Market Place : Looking Ahead', published 2001 under ISBN 9780756710620 and ISBN 0756710626.