Exercise 5
SPAM and Electronic Commerce
Have you purchased any goods, services or information online? Have you agreed to receive offers and information via e-mal. If so, did you consider what permissions you gave that were attached to the transaction? SPAM has gone beyond mere nuisance to intolerable and tort.
Read GigaLaw pages 259-269
Read "Marketers Adjust as Spam Clogs the Arteries of E-Commerce"
Read news article about the first felony spam case in the U.S. -- "Spammer sentenced to 9 years"
Choose ERGOCUBE and any other online retailer below; visit the sites as a prospective buyer. Browse around and select an item to purchase--of course you will not actually submit your order unless you do want to buy an item. While "shopping around", look for any statements of "privacy" or "terms of use" affecting your transaction. Did you notice any statements that give permission to share your e-mail and personal information that could eventually become SPAM in your e-mail box? What level of protection for your e-mail did you find?
ERGOCUBE http://store.ergocube.com/laac.html
compare ERGOCUBE with any of the following:
AMAZON.COM http://www.amazon.com
HYATT HOTEL http://www.hyatt.com
UBID http://www.ubid.com
LendingTree http://www.lendingtree.com
Send me an e-mail with findings
Send to:ajbolla@gmail.com This is the e-mail I use to receive your work product.
Use "subject" line: ilaw2spam
Include your personal identification information in any answer you "attach" to e-mail, otherewise you may not get full credit for your answer.