Please read about \"E-Commerce & Cyberlaw – Contact Formation on the Internet\"

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Please read about "E-Commerce & Cyberlaw – Contact Formation on the Internet" campaign in your textbook and share your thoughts on electronic consent to contracts on the online discussion board. When signing up for a service, downloading content, or conducting other tasks on the Internet, do you typically read any portion of the service provider's agreement before clicking "Yes" to indicate that you agree to its terms and/or give your consent to the web site owner? Why or why not? Does the type of service or content you are requesting (i.e. downloading music versus opening an online bank account) determine whether or not you are likely to read these? Do you generally view these on-line agreements to be as binding as those that you agree to and physically sign off-line? Explain.

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Answer: Nearly all of us regularly come up with the online service provider’s agreement while using online services. It is very common for us to give our consent to such agreements in our day to day life. Mostly just like the other individuals I rarely read such agreements before I give my consent for them. It is only very few times that I go through them mainly because they are not only lengthy but also filled with technical terms which I do not understand. Apart from this the type of content I am downloading also has an impact on my reading such documents before agreeing. I do not care much about the agreements which I have to sign for down loading music but I pay attention to such documents when I am making any financial transaction. Thus the type of service which I use makes an impact on the fact that how likely I am to read such documents. Yes I feel that these agreements are binding as they are also written agreements to which I and the other party have give their consent. They are also covered under the cyber law. Therefore just like the physical agreements these agreements are also legally binding.

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