Consumer Policy

OECD Breakfast Series: Developing Global Strategies for Combating Identity Theft

on 05-May-2008

The OECD Washington Center regularly holds OECD Breakfast Series events to promote OECD work, and to give the Washington audience a chance to interact with OECD officials.  The presentation will provide information on developments and trends, focusing in particular on the growing use of the Internet to conduct ID crime. Efforts to combat the theft will be described, as will policy guidance that was recently approved by the OECD's Committee on Consumer Policy. The discussants will provide further insights on how issues are affecting consumers in Canada and the United States.

NSF/OECD Workshop “Social and Economic Factors Shaping the Future of the Internet”, Washington D.C.

on 31-Jan-2007

The NSF/OECD Workshop brought together economists, policy-makers, social scientists and technologists, to consider a broad range of factors which have relevance for the future of the Internet.

Workshop on the Future of the Internet

on 08-Mar-2006

This OECD workshop, to take place in Paris, will bring together policy-makers, leading academics, private sector organisations, and civil society organisations to discuss the trends shaping the future of the Internet, explore the various approaches –technical, regulatory, and economic– that are being taken or can be taken to create new functionality for and increased trust in the Internet,  to promote its sustained growth and adoption, and to identify opportunities for increased international cooperation on pressing issues.

2nd OECD Workshop on Spam, Busan, Korea

from 08-Sep-2004 to 09-Sep-2004

The OECD's 2nd Workshop on Spam was hosted by the Ministry of Information and Communication, Korea. It was held in Busan, Korea on 8-9 September 2004. The objective was to deepen the work which was begun in the Brussels workshop. 

OECD Workshop on Spam - Brussels, Belgium - 2-3 February 2004

from 02-Feb-2004 to 03-Feb-2004

Hosted by the European Commission, this OECD workshop explored the growing problem of spam, with a focus on the international dimension. Over 260 participants from government, business, civil society and the media met to explore the spam phenomenon on 2-3 February 2004.

OECD-APEC Global Forum: Policy Frameworks for the Digital Economy, 14-17 January 2003, Honolulu, Hawaii, U.S.

from 14-Jan-2003 to 17-Jan-2003

This Forum, a joint initiative of the OECD and APEC, follows the series of major international conferences organised by the OECD on the theme of electronic commerce, the global digital economy and information society.

Consumers in the Online Marketplace. OECD Workshop on the Guidelines: One Year Later, Berlin, Germany

from 13-Mar-2001 to 14-Mar-2001

The Guidelines for Consumer Protection in the Context of Electronic Commerce aim to reduce the uncertainties encountered by consumers and businesses buying and selling online. The workshop explored efforts undertaken by governments, business and consumer organisations to implement the Guidelines.

Building Trust in the Online Environment: Business-to-Consumer Dispute Resolution, The Hague

from 11-Dec-2001 to 12-Dec-2001

Online alternative dispute resolution mechanisms (ADR) hold the promise of providing fast, low-cost and accessible redress for a large number of small claims and low-value transactions arising from business-to-consumer (B2C) online interactions

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