Online protection: A Survey of Consumer, Industry and Regulatory Mechanisms and Systems, June 2006


/ Updated on 22.11.2007

Title: Download file Online protection: A survey of consumer, industry and regulatory mechanisms and systemshttp://www.ofcom.org.uk/research/technology/onlineprotection/report.pdf


Summary:
This research report, carried out by Ofcom, the United Kingdom communications regulator, analyses the current situation as regards regulation of the internet at both a national and international level.  It addresses the issue from a consumer protection perspective, focusing in particular on e-commerce, personal data protection (including unsolicited electronic communications - spam), the distribution of content and attacks on personal computers.  

Author: Ofcom - Office of Communications

Date:
June 2006