Legal Issues Of Booking Online

In addition to this massive information highway, there are many different tools that can be utilized on this global network.Using the Internet, people find jobs, send electronic cards, shop, make airline and hotel reservations, execute stock trades, and even pay bills online!With the increasing popularity of people shopping and purchasing goods online, the Internet has created new ways of doing business. Realizing the potential of the Internet, many companies have started to advertise their products and services online. However, consumers are becoming hesitant as it relates to purchases over the Internet because of the fear of being deceived by online retailers. The research study will examine a prosperous component of the Internet, Internet

The growing transaction over the internet and the increase of the criminal activities make the privacy an important topic in the e-commerce transactions. This paper aims to develop a list of privacy features in the e-commerce activities. Moreover, this paper will take a critical look at the privacy policies of four well-known websites. The comparative method will be used to develop and discuss the privacy policies in the era of the e-commerce.

When comparing two different ways of shopping most people do not even think about the difference, they do both and not even realize it. In today's society people shop while at work, after work and on the weekends, whenever time permits. Stop and think how can I get more time in the day for family or just myself? The best way to figure that out with all the recourses we have is to go into a store and spend time looking through racks and waiting in endless lines to just purchase something. I compared going into a store verses online shopping; to see which one will save you time and money.

Statistics from the Association of Certified Fraud Examiners (ACFE) show that credit card fraud has reached the $1 billion mark and is growing. By the end of 2007, it is expected to reach the $3 billion mark in the US alone ([4] ACFE, 2007, p. 1.104). The availability of shopping over the internet has raised new concerns. Internet shopping continues to grow and there has been a 22 percent increase in spending in 2005 as compared to spending in 2004 ([4] ACFE, 2007, p. 1.104). Total internet spending has reached $143.2 billion in 2005 and surveys have shown that about 90 percent of all internet purchases are paid online with a credit card. Fraud occurs on approximately 5 percent of all internet purchases. What makes the internet so susceptible to fraud is the lack of face-to-face interaction with the fraudster, which allows for more anonymity and makes prevention and detection more difficult. During 2006, there were 207,492 complaints filed online with the Internet Crime Complaint Center - [18] IC3 (2006, p. 3). During 2006, internet auction

With the increase of on-line crimes and fraud, stricter laws must be placed on the sale of such problematic items as guns, prescription drugs, and human blood and organs over the Internet. The selling of these and other items has created many problems in recent months. Most of these items are auctioned online through popular sites such as e-bay. This is a somewhat complicated issue due to the fact that they are many conflicting opinions. In addition, the laws for and against the marketing of these products online are very uncertain. There are many activists and liberals in favor of selling organs and blood online in order to save lives. Many gun advocates such as the NRA are greatly in favor of the

With each passing day and season, the world is introduced to new technological experiences and revolutionary ideas which have helped to shape and dictate consumer behavior. Currently, people get to do their shopping from the comfort of their homes or while in their offices or even while on vacation. Technology has indeed helped to change the world and increase efficiency and effectiveness in some activities. During e-commerce’s inception, some sceptics and critics thought the idea was flawed and deemed it man’s infatuation with development. However, e-commerce has completely revolutionized consumer behavior and has also created myriads of opportunities for growth. The jobs have been created, millions of dollars generated, and shopping has never been this easy. However, there are still some factors or lines of thought in relation to e-commerce that need to be explained. For example, the ethical issues surrounding e-commerce, technological innovations behind e-commerce, and societal reactions towards the invention and adoption of e-commerce. While assumptions can fuel a conversation, one can never depend on them fully and hence the focus of this article on ethics, society, and technology.

There are many things that make us human, such as language, love, and labor markets. In this modern age of technological progress, little has been spared the sweeping change that technology brought. Trade, one of the most human of concepts, has not been an exception. From bartering to banking to eBay, trade has certainly been through a lot. Yet what has this change entailed? There are various advantages to embracing the era of buying online, such as spatial convenience and information transparency, along with several potential disadvantages, such as monetary theft and subpar service.

Ecommerce allows consumers to exchange goods and services electronically with no barriers of time or distance. E-commerce is the marketing, buying and selling of merchandise or services over the Internet. It is currently one of the most important aspects of the Internet to emerge. It covers a range of different types of businesses, from consumer based retail sites, through auction or music sites, to business exchanges trading goods and services between corporations. The biggest advantage of E-Commerce is the ability to provide secure shopping transactions via the internet and coupled with almost instant verification and validation of credit card transactions. The various legal and ethical issues in E-Commerce are discussed

There are many reasons why consumers patronize Internet shopping. To a consumer, one reason is that they believe that they pay a cheaper price for the products and services by using the Internet than they would, for similar products and services at the conventional retail stores (Koch, 2003). Research by Harris and Abate (2000) indicates that most Internet prices are cheaper than those charged by traditional retail stores, even with the additional shipping costs that need to be borne by the customers. However, getting a better price ultimately depends on the consumer’s information search behaviour. Consumers who spend more time searching over the internet are more likely to find lower prices or a wider

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Online shopping or online retailing is a form of electronic commerce which allows consumers to directly buy goods or services from a seller over the Internet using a web browser. Alternative names are: e-shop, e-store, Internet shop, web-shop, web-store, online store, and virtual store. An online shop evokes the physical analogy of buying products or services at a bricks-and-mortar retailer or shopping center. The process is called business-to-consumer (B2C) online shopping. In the case where a business buys from another business, the process is called business-to-business (B2B) online shopping. The largest of these online retailing corporations are eBay and Amazon.com, both based in the United States.

The power of the Web to reach the world carries with it a variety of legal issues, often related to intellectual property concerns, copyright, trademark, privacy, etc., particularly in the context of doing business on the Internet. Authorities seeking to apply their laws in traditional ways or to expand legal control over international links face many challenges due to the global nature of the Internet. This paper provides an overview of some of the legal issues and related problems in e-commerce.

The global giant Amazon Inc, that has a $ 143 billion market cap entered India in 2014 and being the deepest pocketed in terms of finances, poses a threat to Snapdeal.

This chapter discusses the practical and legal challenges facing consumers in cross border mobile transactions. Given that positive outcome in any national payment system is envisaged on efficiency and confidence it is indispensable to focus on security issues and privacy in order to uphold public loyalty in cross border mobile transactions. Inadequate regulation of cross border mobile transactions has resulted to cyber crime and fraud. Consumers face many legal challenges which are discussed hereunder.

One of the most popular clothing retailers today is Forever 21. They are growing at an exponential rate. Many millennials enjoy shopping at this store because they carry the latest street fashion.