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i am doing an assignment on e-commence and am needed abit of assistance is this area -
moral, ethical & legal implications
..............so could anyone help me out asap please?!

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A short, practical framework to shape an assignment on e-commerce moral, ethical and legal implications (note: correctly flagged the heading — it should read "ethical"). Rather than a generic web search as suggested by , rely on regulator and standards guidance for primary sources and use case examples to illustrate points.

Key legal areas to map (authoritative pages to cite):

  • Data protection and privacy — lawful basis, notice, breach reporting (GDPR overview).
  • Payment security and fraud prevention — card-data controls, tokenization, vendor requirements (PCI Security Standards Council).
  • Consumer protection and advertising — truthful claims, clear pricing, refund/returns rules (FTC advertising guidance).
  • Accessibility and discrimination — site access, reasonable accommodations (ADA information).

Ethical and moral issues to discuss

  • Privacy vs personalization: limits of profiling and targeted offers; prefer data minimization and clear consent.
  • Dark patterns and UX manipulation: explain examples and why transparency matters.
  • Supply-chain ethics: labor conditions, sourcing, environmental impact.
  • Algorithmic fairness: measurement, monitoring and mitigation of bias.

Practical mitigation checklist for business recommendations

  • Draft privacy policy and incident-response plan.
  • Implement PCI-compliant payments and TLS.
  • Publish plain-language terms, returns and dispute channels.
  • Perform vendor due diligence and accessibility audits.
  • Keep jurisdictional notes: laws differ by country and state — cite relevant national regulators.

Caution: this is a research guide, not legal advice. For firm-specific compliance or enforcement histories, cite regulator decisions and standards bodies above and consider legal counsel for jurisdiction-specific interpretation.

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better start by changing the heading from ethnic. i cant help with the other issues although im sure there are many, cheers gallopers

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i did try changing it but im new to using this site. thanks for the reply though that helped alot.......not!

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sorry lisa503,
im sure you will get some help in here as i have over the last few years. sorry i cant help you and sorry if i was a bit of a smartie pointing out your mistake as i make heaps.
one issue would be selling smokes, grog or pipes to smoke illegle substances on the net.

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Hi Lisa,

If you want to know more about this then you can try searching in Google. Because in google you get a lot of information about this...

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