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The electronic marketplace can greatly increase your business' profits. Learn about eCommerce through basic guides, security, privacy policies, eCommerce law, and weblaw.
Plain English Guide To eCommerce
The Guide's recommendations on using eCommerce.

Small Business Development Center's National Information Clearinghouse
This SBDCNET on-line Guide provides a multitude of information on pursuing commerce over the Internet.

Security And Privacy
Consider security and privacy with respect to eCommerce business.

Online Privacy Seal information
Fear over how consumer information may be used online often discourages users from buying or interacting with websites. The Better Business Bureau's (BBB) Online Privacy Seal program is designed to encourage businesses to subscribe to responsible information practices while promoting the vital trust and confidence necessary for their own and future success of the Internet.

RSA Laboratory's Cryptology FAQ
The transfer of data into a form that is nearly impossible to read without the proper technological key is known as encryption. The reverse process, the transfer of encrypted data back into an intelligible form, is known as decryption. Together, these and other issues related to online privacy and security form the science known as cryptography.

Operating Online
Links to online regulations, including FAQs, libel, and finding a lawyer.

Tutorial
The American Bar Association's Section of Science and Technology offers a tutorial that begins with an overview of the legal significance of digital signatures. Covered topics include the basics of digital signature technology and an examination of how, with some legal and institutional infrastructure, digital signature technology can be applied as a robust computer-based alternative to traditional signatures.

Electronic Commerce: Legal Issues
Overview of the legal issues related to Electronic Commerce and the Department of Justice's response to these issues.



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