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Michael Sonntag2 Legal and Technical Aspects of E-Commerce Agenda / Schedule 7.10.:18:00-20:00 Organization Electronic signatures 8.10.:16:00-18:00 Data protection 9.10.:18:00-20:00 Distance contracts & E-Commerce directive :16:00-18:00 Domain names :14:00-16:00 Assigning topics Budapest Convention on Cybercrime

Michael Sonntag3 Legal and Technical Aspects of E-Commerce Examinations (1) l Each student will create a webpage on a topic èLike a seminary paper, only electronically èLength approx. 5 pages if formatted for printing »Excluding images, table of content,... èGroups of two students also possible (  10 pages) »More details, related areas l Timeframe: 2 weeks after end of lecture l Results: 2 weeks later èWill be sent to Zoltán ISTENES

Michael Sonntag4 Legal and Technical Aspects of E-Commerce Examinations (2) l Results should be sent per (zipped!) èMUST include all files èInternal links MUST be relative èExternal links (not in your webpages) MUST be absolute »NO external image links,...! l Presentation/Layout should be low priority l Content should be top priority! l Topics: Assigned on Friday!

Michael Sonntag5 Legal and Technical Aspects of E-Commerce Topics (1) èOverview on technics for snooping on users (Webbugs, Cookies,...) èAnonymizers: What are they, how to use them, advantages and dangers ( and WWW) èPersonalization and Privacy: Overview on privacy policies & guidelines for creating understandable policies èElectronic signatures in Hungary èComparing manual and electronic signatures èLiability of domain name registrars in Hungary èDomain name disputes in Hungary: Recent cases, dispute resolution policies

Michael Sonntag6 Legal and Technical Aspects of E-Commerce Topics (2) èRecent discussions/problems about ICANN: Auerbach vs. ICANN èLegal situation in Hungary regardig SPAM, and avertisements (conventional and electronic) èSPAM: Possibilities for classification/removal èCategories for classifying Anti-SPAM software and comparison between available software èCritical review: Arguments for and against file-sharing systems as well as responses to them l Your own theme (Please contact me)! l See also the website of the course

Michael Sonntag7 Legal and Technical Aspects of E-Commerce More information l Directly: After the lecture l l WWW: l Results will be published on this webpage also!

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Michael Sonntag9 Legal and Technical Aspects of E-Commerce Reasons for this course l Studies: Computer science, Jurisprudence l Combination is very interesting: èCS students know nothing about legal implications èLegal students know at best how to use computers l E-Commerce: Many legal issues should already be thought of in the design phase! èE. g. Data protection, electronic signatures, information requirements on webpages,... l Consciousness of illegality is VERY often missing! èE. G. „just a quick hack“, „it´s just one copy“,...

Michael Sonntag10 Legal and Technical Aspects of E-Commerce But now.... Let´s go to the first topic: Electronic signatures Technical foundations and legal requirements according to the EU signature directive