Electronic Commerce Guidelines
Centres for Research in Electronic Commerce
Online Legal Information in Electronic Commerce
Initiatives on E-Commerce
Publications
Discussion Lists
OECD Guidelines for Consumers protection in the context of electronic Commerce
The Guidelines are designed to help ensure that consumers are no less protected when shopping online than they are when they buy from their local store or order from a catalogue.
The ICC's Principles for Responsible Advertising and Marketing over the Internet, World Wide Web, Online Services and Electronic Networks follows the well-established policy of the ICC of promoting high standards of ethics in marketing via self-regulatory codes intended to complement the existing frameworks of national and international law. BBBOnLine is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Council of Better Business Bureaus (BBB). Its mission is to promote trust and confidence on the Internet through the BBBOnLine Reliability and BBBOnLine Privacy programs.
International Chamber of Commerce Guidelines and Codes
US FTC's Advertising and Marketing on the Internet: The Rules of the Road
The Federal Trade Commission 's rules and guidelines aim to protect businesses and consumers and help maintain the credibility of the Internet as an advertising medium. The FTC has prepared this guide to give an overview of some of the laws it enforces.
The Global Business Dialogue on Electronic Commerce - GBDe Guidelines
An international organisation of companies from all regions of the world to provide global voice for business on eCommerce policy issues.
The UK Direct Marketing Association Codes of Practices
The DMA On Line Codes comprise the DMA Code of Practice for Electronic Commerce and the DMA Code of Practice for Commercial Communications to Children On Line and are essential points of reference for companies trading on line. In addition to the Codes of Practice a number of Best Practice Guidelines are supplementary to the Codes.
The US Direct Marketing Association Guidelines
The US DMA's guidelines and best practices for Direct Marketers (Ethical Business Practices, Online Marketing Privacy Principles…)
Centres for Research in Electronic Commerce
The European Commission's eCommerce web site (a DG INFOSOC Initiative)
BBBOnline Codes of Online Business Practices
This website is our on-line information centre providing a variety of information on the latest developments in electronic commerce in the European Union and further afield. The Research Center for Computer and Law (CRID) -
University of Namur
The main research topics of the CRID are the following: Electronic Commerce, contracts, copyrights, expert systems, telecoms, privacy, self-regulation. The site includes articles, publications, events and links to online resources.
The Center for Law, Commerce and Technology (LCT) - University of Washington
The University of Washington Center for Law, Commerce and Technology is a leading international center for collaborative research and teaching related to the legal aspects of high technology.
The Center for Research in Electronic Commerce (CREC) - University of Austin
The CREC is a center for research and education in the areas of electronic commerce and digital products. It is located at the University of Texas at Austin. The site includes course descriptions, articles, publications, and links to online resources.
Online Legal Information in Electronic Commerce
EUR-Lex - The European Commission's portal of the EU law
The portal of the European Union law, including legislation, treaties, decisions of the Court of Justice of European Communities, and the Official Journal.
US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) - Publications Consumers/Business
The US Federal Trade Commission publishes a large variety of materials on business and consumer protection laws. The program include the Working Papers with the EU Research Papers Archive (ERPA), teaching materials in EU Law and Institutions, and the Law of World Trade, the EU Integration Current Contents and the EU Center at Harvard pages. The EU Journal of International Law and foreign policy are also part of the Academy of EU Law online.
Funding for SMEs
The European Commission offers opportunities for funding within the framework of the GoDigital Action Plan
Guidebook to Euroepan legislation on e-business
The European Electronic Commerce Website, which is part of the Information Society Webring, has published a guidebook to Euroepan legislation on e-business: "Don't Panic:Do e-Business". This guide aims at guiding newcomers in e-commerce law
EU-related information on e-commerce
This site provides you with EU-related information on e-commerce: Legal documents, background studies, news and press releases
On-line dispute settlement initiatives
This sites gives an overview of the different on-line dispute settlement initiatives for mediation, trust seals in combination with mediation, arbitration and automated settlement negotiation of claims
Website with information on communication technologies for legal services
Website on e-commerce awareness for SMEs in Europe
The website features a database with (non-commercial and commercial) organisations and projects helping SMEs to realize e-c within their company (e.g. hard-, software, access provider, consulting, studies, awareness...)
On-line "eConfidence Forum"
An on-line "eConfidence Forum" has been set up to promote high standards of good business practices (e.g. codes of conduct, trust marks, complaint settlement procedures), to continue the debate on the key issues relevant to cross-border ADR systems with easy and affordable access to third-party alternative dispute resolution (ADR) systems, in particular for settling disputes arising from the expected increase in cross-border transactions over the Internet, to link up different initiatives worldwide, and to provide a completely open platform for exchange and dialogue between interested parties.
www.zerojunkmail.com
This website provides information on direct mail and focuses on the problem of junkmail
Silicon news and recruitment service
Launched in July 1998, silicon.com delivers a fully personlised real-time news and recruitment service in both text and broadband-TV-on-demand format. Delivered to the desktops of IT, e-business and business decision makers, silicon.com is the natural choice for anyone who needs to know what's going on in the world of e-business
Publications
Journal of Electronic Commerce (see Issues 1,1; 2,1; and 2,3)
Electronic Business Law Direct
Electronic Business Law Direct is a new online subscription service provided by Butterworths Tolley, one of the UK's leading publishers of business information services, and publishers of Electronic Business Law (EBL) and Electronic Business Law Reports (EBLR). The online service has been developed to provide a totally new level of e-commerce legal information to lawyers and other professionals working in this field, enabling instant access to all the information they are likely to need in this area.
eFulfilment in Europe: Survey Analysis
Andersen Consulting has undertaken a study based on 445 commands carried out on 162 sites in six countries (Germany, Spain, France, Italy, the United Kingdom, and Sweden). The document is available upon request: saggese@fedma.org.
Electronic Markets
Journal Netnomics
News in Spanish on direct marketing & e-business
http://www.internetaddict.be
http://www.e-trade.com
http://www.ispa.be
The latest figures published on Belgian Internet access. The Association of the Internet Service Providers
Discussion Lists
The E-MARKETING website offers a list on electronic marketing techniques
The EventWeb mailing list is a discussion list which also includes a monthly mail out of a digest. The EventWeb discussion list addresses the interactive marketing needs of meeting, conference and trade show promoters, educators, organizers and webmasters.
The GB Internet Marketing Discussion List deals with all aspects of internet marketing relevant to the UK. Subscribe by sending a blank email to subscribe@digitalnation.co.uk
This list is a forum for discussion of issues relating to sales and marketing on the global e-marketplace. Subscribe by sending a message to join-global_promote@gs4.revnet.com
This list is moderated by Adam Boettiger who offers discussion on all aspects relating to internet advertising, including online media planning, media buying, campaign tracking, industry trends and forecasts, creative development, cost estimates, and advertising sales. Please go to http://www.internetadvertising.org for more information or subscribe by sending a message to listserv@guava.ease.lsoft.com
IMARCOM is a platform where you can learn about and participate in the further development of interactive marketing. It is moderated by Robert Raisch, Chief Scientist of The Internet Company of Cambridge, MA. Subscribe by sending a message to listserv@internet.com
Jane Jackson offers a list promoting discussion and exchange of ideas on the use of the internet for advertising. Subscribe to this list by sending a mesaage to interad@iponline.com with the words "subscribe Interad" in the subject line or message body.
Internet Sales has set up a Internet Sales Moderated Discussion List to provide meaningful and helpful information to those engaged in on-line sales of products and/or services. Subsribe by sending a message to join-i-sales@gs2.revnet.com
The The Wharton Forum on Electronic Commerce
EM-Electronic Markets (formerly known as IJEM) is a key forum for advancing the understanding and practice of electronic markets and commerce.
The World Wide Web Virtual library from the Indiana University
Indiana University's collection of law-related websites maintained by institutions throughout the world, each administering a different subject.
The Jean Monnet Program Internet activities
Initiatives on E-Commerce
The GoDigital Action Plan
The European Commission's Action Plan (part of eEurope) to help SMSs enter e-business. GoDigital has eleven action points according to the following three action lines: Favorable environment for electronic business and entrepreneurship; take-up of electronic business; and ICT skills
Information and links related to e-Commerce.
