THE CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT‚ 1986 Though consumer is the purpose and most powerful motivating force of production‚ yet at the same time consumer is equally vulnerable segment of the whole marketing system. Attempts have been made to guard the interest of the consumer in a sporadic way till 1986‚ when Government of India enacted a comprehensive legislation-Consumer Protection Act‚ to safe guard the interest of the consumer than ever before. The Consumer Protection Act‚ 1986‚ applies to
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Information Systems Privacy: European data protection rules Abstract In this working paper we are going to analyze the principal changes related to the introduction of the new proposed European data protection rules compared with the actual law‚ which is a set of directives based on the first one of ’95 (Directive 95/46/CE). In addition‚ taking three companies with headquarters in Italy‚ France and Germany‚ we will make a comparison between their protection policies. As a final consideration
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significant issue- safety protection of consumer privacy. People may sometimes need to provide personal information to company when they have transactions with others‚ for example‚ shopping on Internet and doing bank service on Internet. As a result‚ it is easy to expose their personal privacy to public. In view of this‚ it has stirred up much controversy on the ways to protect consumer privacy in e-business. There are several causes of the need of protecting consumer privacy on e-business. First‚
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Electronic Communications Privacy Act The United States Congress passed the Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA) in 1986 in order to broaden the government’s reach regarding wiretapping and electronic eavesdropping.1 Specifically‚ in addition to the wiretapping of telephone calls‚ this act allows the government
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CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT‚ 1986 [Act No. 68 of Year 1986‚ dated 24th. December‚ 1986] An Act to provide for better protection of the interests of consumers and for that purpose to make provision for the establishment of consumer councils and other authorities for the settlement of consumers’ disputes and for matters connected therewith Be it enacted by Parliament in the Thirty-seventh Year of the Republic of India as follows: - CHAPTER I: PRELIMINARY 1. Short title‚ extent‚ commencement
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losses in his business. The mobile company and the dealer objected to his claim and contended that the he had used the mobile for his business and so‚ he does not fall under the category of customer and cannot be covered under the Consumer Protection Act. The forum‚ however‚ said that the respondents were "deficient in their services" and had supplied a "defective" mobile to the consumer and ordered them to pay Rs 8‚900 towards the cost of the mobile‚ with an interest of 12% from the date of
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When people think about privacy and the internet‚ what do they think? Do they feel secure? Or‚ do they feel vulnerable when it comes to using the internet at their house or in a public place? The answer to some of these questions may surprise people because some think they are completely safe at home on their home networks. But the truth is‚ your security/privacy is taken advantage of on the daily basis by companies and third parties. In today’s online market‚ some of the best companies do not
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doors that cannot be accessed to bystanders and to have security cameras in public areas such as lobbies or in places where crime can occur such as in hallways and car parks. Some more detailed examples concerning a hotel’s duty of care for the protection of its guests include hiring properly trained security guards who can effectively protect the hotel’s guests if they were under assault or to supply a competent and not an inexperienced person to administer medical aid to a guest who needs it. There
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Privacy Protection in Electronic Commerce – A Theoretical Framework Milena Head and Yufei Yuan Michael G. DeGroote School of Business McMaster University Hamilton‚ Ontario‚ Canada headm@mcmaster.ca; yuanyuf@mcmaster.ca Head‚ M.‚ Yuan‚ Y. (2001). “Privacy Protection in Electronic Commerce: A Theoretical Framework”‚ Human Systems Management‚ 20‚ pp.149-160. Abstract In this paper‚ a theoretical framework for privacy protection in electronic commerce is provided. This framework allows us
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The Data Protection Act 1998‚ prevents Marks and Spencer’s from using their customer’s personal information. If Marks and Spencer did not follow this law then their customers will not be fully protected. Also any information about Marks and Spencer’s customer can only be kept for a specific period of time. If Marks and Spencer’s don’t comply with this law then they will start to lose customers as all customers want their details to be protected as they don’t want their credit cards to be stolen etc
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