CCT206H5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Electronic Signature, Consumer Protection, E-Commerce

• School: UTM
• Department: Communication, Culture and Technology
• Course: CCT206H5
• Professor: Rhonda Mc Ewen

Document Summary

Electronic contracts - issues: what constitutes an offer web advertisements are usually not considered to be offers. They are generally thought of as invitations to treat: note: when you place an online order you make an offer to buy. What constitutes an acceptance of an offer: a specific action clicking a button or providing an electronic signature (more later) What causes the termination of an offer: time, counter offer failure to accept all terms and conditions, expiration of a statutory period. One way of doing this is to create an uneditable pdf document which is signed and then timestamped there are third party organizations that provide this service. Approach to click wrap agreements: users should be forced to scroll through the whole agreement, users should be required to unequivocally accept or reject the whole agreement. If goods are purchased a hard copy of the agreement should accompany the delivery of the goods.