Global One internet, worldwide Uncitral WTO Some laws: –Communications Decency Act –Child Online Protectioon Act –Children’s Internet Protection Act
Jurisdiction Location of Customer Location of Business Location of Servers
Content Filtering ? Effectiveness ? –Filtering on keywords: breast –Move content to another IP address ISP becomes a publisher
Two Industries Porn –Prohibition on types of porn –Accessibility of porn to underage –Age of models Gambling –Liability of business versus customer
Internet Fraud Click fraud Nigerian Scam Phishing Identity theft
Intellectual Property Copyright –Google –Youtube Patent –Amazon Trademark –Domain names and Cybersquatting
Privacy Who owns your personal data ? “Opt in” versus “opt out” Burden on the consumer Privacy versus personalization
Security Virus Trojans Spyware Adware
Security Spam techniques to trick users: –Spoofing –Phishing –Text links / images to another site –Social Engineering
Cookies and Passwords First party versus third party cookies Weak passwords: –Less than 8 characters –Word in the dictionary –Common usage word (family pet)