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1999

Journal

Internet Law

OECD

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Who Leads At Halftime?: Three Conflicting Visions Of Internet Privacy Policy, Karl D. Belgum Jan 1999

Who Leads At Halftime?: Three Conflicting Visions Of Internet Privacy Policy, Karl D. Belgum

Richmond Journal of Law & Technology

Concern about privacy on the Internet runs high, but the prescriptions for treatment vary widely. Privacy advocates seek different goals when formulating policy proposals. Some seek to protect individuals and society from the effects of loss of privacy, including the loss of human dignity. Others seek to encourage the development of online markets in personal information, so that consumers can profit from their own information, rather than giving it away. Still, others seek primarily to promote the growth of e-commerce, and see privacy fears as a threat to that goal. These goals are fundamentally inconsistent, and that inconsistency is obscured …


Electronic Commerce And Non-Resident Aliens: The Internal Revenue Service Versus International Cyberspace Transactions, Jonathane M. Ricci Jan 1999

Electronic Commerce And Non-Resident Aliens: The Internal Revenue Service Versus International Cyberspace Transactions, Jonathane M. Ricci

Richmond Journal of Law & Technology

The year is 1999. Jack Jones has just retired from practicing civil law in the United States and has returned to his home country of Trinidad, just off the coast of South America, where he now resides. Jack has an idea to keep him busy during retirement. He made many contacts in the U.S. legal community and his work is well-respected. So, Jack decided to keep writing for attorneys in the U.S.