The FTC and the Electronic Retailing Association will host a Seminar on Internet Marketing on Tuesday, January 30, 2001.

• E-sign Legislation.
• Alternative Dispute Resolution.
• The Uniform Computer Information Transactions Act --UCITA.
• March 19-20, 1999. CPT comments to European Union forum on Information Society, proposal for World Consumer Protection Organization.
• The Trans Atlantic Consumer Dialogue (TACD)'s Feb. 10-12, 2000 recommendations on Electronic Commerce.
• May 2000. Australian government's "Building Consumer Sovereignty in E-Commerce: A Best Practice Model for Business".
• December 9, 1999. OECD Guidelines on Consumer Protection in the Context of Electronic Commerce. Here is the International FTC press release on the guidelines.
• UNCITRAL's Model Law on Electronic Commerce
• May 22, 2000. ISO Committee on consumer policy (COPOLCO) workshop on Consumer protection in the global marketplace: Using standards as a safeguard.
  
  • programme (.pdf format).
• APEC and Electronic Commerce.
  • July 20-22, 2000. APEC E-Commerce Steering Group Meeting, Workshop on Consumer Protection, Bangkok, Thailand.
  • In the APEC Blueprint for Action, it states:

    4. While recognising that some degree of government regulation may be necessary, technology-neutral, competitive market-based solutions which can be safeguarded by competition policy, and effective industry self-regulation, should be favoured.