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24-Oct-2006
E-mail and online shopping and banking have become a fact of life. How does cyberfraud impact the digital economy and what can governments do to protect e-commerce and use of the Net?
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24-Oct-2006
This paper examines the relationship between potentially offshorable employment and factors such as trade in business services and foreign direct investment. It finds that different factors drive changes in the share of potentially offshorable employment in clerical and “non-clerical” occupations, or “professionals”.
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04-Oct-2006
The ICT industry is expected to grow by 6% in 2006 and, looking ahead, highest growth will be driven by Internet-related investments, Linux servers, digital storage, personal digital assistants and new portable consumer products. But any return to the heady days of 20% and 30% growth in many products and market segments in the 1990s are unlikely, according to the 2006 edition of the OECD’s Information Technology Outlook, just released.
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24-Jul-2006
Privacy notices are an excellent tool to disclose an organisation's privacy practices and policies. Research suggests, however, that many notices are too lengthy, confusing, and contain complex legal language. This report recommends that privacy notices be short, simple and usable to make it easier for individuals to assimilate the information they contain and to compare the privacy practices of the organisations processing their personal data. Also see the annexes to this document.
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13-Jul-2006
This report highlights key OECD member country achievements in implementing the OECD 2003 Guidelines for Protecting Consumers from Fraudulent and Deceptive Commercial Practices Across Borders. Three years on, the Guidelines have served as a valuable tool to help member countries develop adequate domestic and international legal frameworks to effectively combat all sorts of online and offline fraud and protect consumer confidence in the global marketplace.
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04-Jul-2006
The development of digital content raises new issues as rapid technological developments challenge existing business models and government policies. This new OECD study identifies and discusses six groups of business and public policy issues, and illustrates them with existing and potential OECD digital content strategies and policies.
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ICTs and Globalisation: China and India (panel session, 2 June 2006)
19-Jun-2006
This panel session was designed to enhance understanding of new developments in the globalisation of the ICT sector and the ICT-enabled globalisation of services, the role played by China and India, and means by which OECD economies can benefit from these developments.
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18-May-2006
This report analyses development and use of online payment systems, covering credit cards, debit cards, online banking, mediating services, mobile telephone payments and electronic money, and industry characteristics and network effects. It analyses drivers and impediments and policy issues.
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28-Apr-2006
The roundtable brought together leading academics, senior government officials and consumer representatives from OECD member countries to explore developments in economic research, particularly behavioural economics, focusing on the role played by consumers in relation to the efficiency of markets. Recognising that policy makers have tended to analyse the structure of the market rather than how consumers' behaviour shapes its outcomes, the Committee explored the extent to which economists' studies of the demand-side of markets might be able to contribute further to consumer policy.
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