Statistics Canada is out today with a new report on Canadian e-commerce trends. The data confirms that e-commerce is growing with travel, books, clothing, software, and music leading the way. It also points to substantial "window shopping" and notable differences in demographic purchasing habits (younger age groups buy music, older […]
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Statscan Survey Shows Internet’s Potential and Pitfalls
My weekly Law Bytes column (Toronto Star version, homepage version) examines recent Statistics Canada data on Internet use. The survey found that nearly 17 million Canadians – 68 percent of the adult population – used the Internet for personal non-business reasons last year. Moreover, almost two-thirds of Canadian adults who […]
Statscan Survey Shows Internet’s Potential and Pitfalls
Appeared in the Toronto Star on August 21, 2006 as Public Sector Should Step in if Private Can't Provide Canadian Internet policy has long been based on the principle of private sector leadership. The 2005 Canadian Internet Use Survey, released last week by Statistics Canada, suggests that the approach […]
Internet and E-commerce Law in Canada
Internet and E-commerce Law in Canada (Lexis-Nexis/Butterworths)
E-commerce and the Law
I’ve been quoted in several news articles this week that highlight interesting e-commerce legal issues
The Wall Street Journal assessed typo pricing on e-commerce sites and the extent to which sites are bound by the errors. I noted that many sites now include provisions that seek to protect them against obvious pricing errors.
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