Contracting Online
The rise of the internet and e-commerce has made online contracts very common. They are used every day. People enter into a contract when buying goods through online retailers, such as Amazon.com. They enter into auction contracts on eBay. A person agrees to terms-of-use contracts when using free wireless internet at a local coffee shop. In many instances, you might not even be aware that you are entering into valid, enforceable contracts.
Online contracts are contracts that are entered into over the internet or through a technological medium. There is nothing particularly special about these contracts other than the medium used to form the contract. The underlying transactions are the same for online contracts and traditional ...
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