电子商务【澳大利亚常见领域法律法规之五】

2015年01月09日 澳大利亚豪力法律服务



本平台将致力于为您提供与您在澳洲的投资项目相关的法律信息与服务、同时也会将与中国企业及个人投资者热切关注的产业相关澳洲新闻、最新行业规定等讯息及时传递给您。


数据保护和电子商务


电子商务,或电商,是指所有基于电子文本、声音和图像数据处理和传输的商业交易,包括网上交易、电子资金转账和电子数据交换。


联邦、州和领地颁布的电子交易法案已经通过,以促进电子交易并确保涉及电子方式的交易的有效性。


电子合同法


电子合同是通过电子邮件或通过在网站上点击接受条款或条件的电子方式创建并签署的协议。


在澳大利亚,合同的形成和有效性仍然主要由普通法的合同原则管辖。


数据保护和隐私


隐私法(1988包含了澳大利亚隐私原则,该原则反映了资讯循环的每一个阶段,并规范了信息应如何被收集、储存、传播和销毁。


垃圾邮件


垃圾邮件是未经要求主动提供的的商业电子讯息,根据2003年垃圾邮件法(联邦)(垃圾邮件法),垃圾邮件是被禁止的。该立法的目的是保障合法的商业交流活动,并鼓励负责任地使用电子信息。


垃圾邮件法涵盖通过源自澳大利亚或源自境外并被发送至一个澳大利亚的访问地址的电子邮件、短消息服务(SMS),多媒体信息服务MMS和即时消息(IM发送的“商业电子讯息”。企业在发送信息之前必须获得收件人的许可。同意可以是明示的或根据业务推断的,或与收件人其他关系,以及他们的行为。


所有商业电子讯息必须包含关于负责发送讯息的个人或企业的准确信息,并为收件人提供退订功能,以表明其不希望未来继续收到此类消息。

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以下是我们会在最近即将为您带来的专题信息:

· 常见领域法律与规定:电子商务、商业移民和雇主担保签证、房地产、环境法、气候变化相关规定

欲查阅之前我们发布的如下【在澳经商基本法律法规】主题系列以及与您生意相关的其他资讯,请进入订阅号点击右上角按钮,选择“查看历史消息”:

· 在澳大利亚注册公司

· 澳大利亚的公司管理规则

· 澳大利亚公司的劳资关系

· 澳大利亚的外商投资基本规则

· 澳大利亚税收政策

· 澳大利亚政府概况

· 澳大利亚法律制度概况

· 澳大利亚企业结构概况

· 技术与知识产权保护

· 反垄断和消费者保护法

· 合同法

· 公开接管

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Electronic Commerce Laws and Regulations in Common Area V

Data Protection and Electronic Commerce


Electronic commerce, or e-commerce refers to all commercial transactions which are based on the electronic processing and transmission ofdata, including text, sound and images including Internet transactions, electronic funds transfers and electronic data exchange.


Electronic Transactions Acts enacted by the Commonwealth,state and territories were passed to facilitate electronic transactions and ensuring the validity of the transactions involving electronic methods.


Electronic Contract Law


An electronic contract, or e-contract, is an agreement thatis created and signed by electronic means either through email or by clicking through a website to indicate acceptance of terms and conditions.


Formation and validity of contracts in Australia are still predominantly governed by common law principles of contract.


Data Protection and Privacy


The Privacy Act (1988) contains Australian Privacy Principles which reflect each stage of the information cycle and regulate how information should be collected, stored, disseminated and destroyed.


Spam


Spam is unsolicited commercial electronic messaging and is prohibited under the Spam Act 2003 (Cth) (Spam Act). The objective of the legislation is to safeguard legitimate business communication activities and encourage the responsible use of electronic messaging.


The Spam Act covers “commercial electronic messages” that are sent via email, Short Message Service (SMS), Multimedia Message Service (MMS)and Instant Messaging (IM) and originate in Australia, or originate overseas and are sent to an address accessed in Australia. Businesses must have the consent of the recipient before the message is sent. Consent can be express orinferred from a business, or other relationship with the recipient, and their conduct.


All commercial electronic messages must contain accurate information about the person or business responsible for sending the message and a functional unsubscribe function for the message’s recipients to indicate that they do not wish to receive such messages in the future.

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· Laws and regulations in common areas, including business migration, real property, and electronic commerce etc.

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· Setting up in Australia

· Company Administration

· Workplace Relations

· Foreign Investment

· Tax

· Australian Government

· Australian Legal System

· Australian Business Structures

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· Anti-trust and Consumer Law

· Contract Law

· Public Takeovers

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