| Preface | p. v |
| Summary of contents | p. vii |
| Detailed table of contents | p. ix |
| Introduction | p. 1 |
| What is e-commerce? | p. 2 |
| Types of electronic commerce | p. 3 |
| The EU and e-commerce regulation | p. 4 |
| E-money and financial services | p. 5 |
| E-Tax | p. 6 |
| Jurisdiction | p. 7 |
| Miscellany | p. 7 |
| Structure of the book | p. 8 |
| Directive 97/7/EC on the protection of consumers in respect of distance contracts | p. 11 |
| Introduction | p. 11 |
| Article 2--Definitions | p. 12 |
| Article 3--Exemptions | p. 13 |
| Articles 4 and 5--Transparency rights of the consumer | p. 14 |
| The reason for the transparency provisions | p. 14 |
| The point at which the information must be given | p. 14 |
| The manner in which the information must be given | p. 15 |
| Prior information-information to be given at the outset | p. 16 |
| Information which must be confirmed | p. 16 |
| Article 6--Right of withdrawal | p. 17 |
| Article 7--Performance | p. 24 |
| Article 8--Payment by card | p. 26 |
| Articles 9 and 10--Unsolicited supply and contact | p. 26 |
| Articles 11, 12 and 17--Access to justice, enforcement and consumer redress | p. 27 |
| Enforcement | p. 27 |
| Standing for consumer organisations? | p. 28 |
| Access to justice, out of court settlement and EEJ-net | p. 29 |
| Burden of proof | p. 30 |
| Contracting-out | p. 30 |
| Articles 13 and 14--Lex specialis and higher consumer protection standards | p. 30 |
| Articles 15 and 18--Entry into force and implementation deadline | p. 30 |
| Concluding remarks | p. 31 |
| Directive 1999/93/EC on a Community framework for electronic signatures | p. 33 |
| Introduction | p. 33 |
| Terminology | p. 33 |
| Crytography policy | p. 34 |
| First national legislative initiatives | p. 36 |
| The preparation of the Directive | p. 37 |
| Standardisation | p. 39 |
| Article 1--Scope of the Directive | p. 40 |
| Article 2--Definitions | p. 42 |
| (Advanced) electronic signature | p. 42 |
| Certificates and certification services | p. 44 |
| The certification services market--Articles 3(1 -3, 7) and 4(1) | p. 45 |
| Free circulation of certification services | p. 45 |
| No prior authorisation | p. 47 |
| Voluntary accreditation | p. 47 |
| Supervision | p. 51 |
| Electronic signature products--Articles 3(4-6) and 4(2) | p. 52 |
| Free circulation of electronic signature products | p. 52 |
| Secure signature-creation devices | p. 52 |
| Secure signature-verification devices | p. 54 |
| Article 5--Legal effects of electronic signatures | p. 55 |
| Article 6--Liability | p. 57 |
| Qualified certificate | p. 57 |
| Issued to the public | p. 58 |
| 'Guaranteed to the public' | p. 58 |
| Claimant ('relying party') | p. 59 |
| Liability causes | p. 59 |
| Reasonable reliance | p. 60 |
| Absence of negligence | p. 61 |
| Limitation of liability | p. 61 |
| Articles 7-15--Other provisions | p. 63 |
| Directive 2000/31/EC on certain legal aspects of information society services, in particular electronic commerce, in the Internal Market | p. 67 |
| Introduction | p. 67 |
| General provisions | p. 69 |
| Article 1--Objective and scope | p. 69 |
| Article 2--Definitions | p. 71 |
| Article 3--Internal market | p. 74 |
| Establishment and information requirements | p. 76 |
| Article 4--Principle excluding prior authorisation | p. 76 |
| Article 5--General information to be provided | p. 77 |
| Commercial communications | p. 78 |
| Article 6--Information to be provided | p. 78 |
| Article 7--Unsolicited commercial communications | p. 79 |
| Article 8--Regulated professions | p. 81 |
| Online contracts | p. 81 |
| Article 9--Treatment of contracts | p. 82 |
| Article 10--Information to be provided | p. 83 |
| Article 11--Placing of the order | p. 85 |
| Liability of intermediary service providers | p. 86 |
| Article 12--'Mere conduit' | p. 87 |
| Article 13--'Caching' | p. 87 |
| Article 14--Hosting | p. 88 |
| Article 15--No general obligation to monitor | p. 89 |
| Codes of conduct and dispute settlement | p. 90 |
| Article 16--Codes of conduct | p. 90 |
| Article 17--Out-of-court dispute settlements | p. 91 |
| Article 18--Court actions | p. 91 |
| Cooperation and sanctions | p. 92 |
| Article 19--Cooperation | p. 92 |
| Article 20--Sanctions | p. 92 |
| Articles 21-24--Final provisions | p. 92 |
| Concluding remarks | p. 93 |
| Directive 2001/29/EC on the harmonisation of certain aspects of copyright and related rights in the information society | p. 95 |
| Article 1--Scope | p. 95 |
| Objective | p. 95 |
| Scope | p. 98 |
| Article 2--Reproduction right | p. 98 |
| Article 3--Communication to the public | p. 101 |
| Article 4--Distribution right | p. 103 |
| Article 5--Exceptions and limitations | p. 105 |
| General observations | p. 106 |
| Specific commentaries | p. 107 |
| Exceptions to reproduction right | p. 107 |
| Exceptions to different rights | p. 109 |
| Right of distribution | p. 111 |
| Valuation | p. 111 |
| Article 6--Technological measures | p. 112 |
| Article 7--Rights-management information | p. 113 |
| Articles 8-15--Common provisions | p. 115 |
| Concluding observations | p. 116 |
| Data protection and e-commerce | p. 119 |
| Data protection and data protection instruments | p. 119 |
| Directive 95/46/EC | p. 121 |
| History and Implementation | p. 121 |
| Scope | p. 121 |
| Elaboration of the data protection principles | p. 123 |
| Other safeguards | p. 125 |
| The Telecommunications directive 97/66/EC | p. 126 |
| History and implementation | p. 126 |
| Scope | p. 127 |
| Relation to Directive 95/46/EC | p. 128 |
| The obligations under Directive 97/66/EC | p. 129 |
| Proposal for amendment of Directive 97/66/EC | p. 133 |
| History and background of the proposal | p. 133 |
| New definitions | p. 133 |
| New important elements in the Directive | p. 134 |
| Conclusion | p. 135 |
| Some specific aspects of data protection in e-commerce | p. 136 |
| Particular Privacy risks in e-commerce | p. 136 |
| Traffic data | p. 137 |
| Cookies | p. 138 |
| E-mail directories | p. 140 |
| Spam (unsolicited communications) | p. 141 |
| E-mail systems | p. 142 |
| Remedies: Anonymity/pseudonymity? | p. 142 |
| Concluding observations | p. 144 |
| Directive 97/7/EC | p. 147 |
| Directive 1999/93/EC | p. 155 |
| Directive 2000/31/EC | p. 165 |
| Directive 2000/29/EC | p. 183 |
| The authors | p. 197 |
| Index | p. 201 |
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