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To take the opportunities that electronic communication via open networks brings with it, business community needs clear, stable, secure and trustworthy environment. Creating secure and trustworthy environment required both technical and legal solutions.
This chapter addresses selected legal aspects of electronic commerce. They cover major legal issues connected with choice of jurisdiction forum and applicable law, protection of data and intellectual property rights, concluding electronic contracts.
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Grudzińska-Kuna, A., Ziemecka, M. (2002). Some Legal Aspects of Electronic Commerce. In: Segovia, J., Szczepaniak, P.S., Niedzwiedzinski, M. (eds) E-Commerce and Intelligent Methods. Studies in Fuzziness and Soft Computing, vol 105. Physica, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7908-1779-9_3
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