Privacy, Policy, and Encryption

It’s All About Privacy

Financial Privacy

Medical Privacy

Online Privacy Issues

Before online privacy policies were in vogue, the offline world had long-established rules, or maybe I should say it had been long established in the offline world that were no rules.

Privacy Policy Online And Offline

The Children’s Online Privacy Act: The Law And Its Compliance Compliance

Posting A Privacy Policy

Parental Consent

Privacy And The Amazon.Com Case

E-Signatures And Safety

The Law- In June 2000, Congress passed the Federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act (E-Sign).

Consumer Protection- Consumers get some special protection under this law.

EncryptionEncryption is a set of complex mathematical formulae that permits

anyone transmitting electronic information to scramble the message so that only the intended recipient can decode and thus

understand it.

The Politics of Encryption

While strong encryption is essential for e-commerce, the U.S. government has traditionally been a world leader in encouraging encryption controls around the world.

The Inner Workings of Encryption: The basic concept of how you encrypt information is

simple. You use a computer program, which uses an encryption algorithm (essentially a

mathematical equation).

Encryption And E-Commerce

The Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard