Exam 32: Cyberlaw

Sherry,a 12-year-old,visited a website that wanted to know her family size,her parents' educational level,and her weekly allowance.The site also asked Sherry's name,mailing and e-mail addresses,and age.

Daniel went onto an Internet message board and found that his ex-wife,Faye,had posted a message calling him a fat,insensitive jerk who only cared about watching sports on TV.Does Daniel have any protection against Faye's making such statements to a potentially large number of readers,some of whom may know Daniel and some of whom may not?

MajorLine offered travel packages,including airfare and hotel accommodations,at a discounted price on their website.However,after Jason charged MajorLine's fees to his credit card,he did not receive the promised airline tickets or the coupons for a reduced hotel rate.He found that other customers had been similarly defrauded.MajorLine:

The Electronic Communications Privacy Act is a federal statute regulating e-mail.

The Internet was started in the 1960s as a project to link military contractors and universities.The World Wide Web was created in 1991 as a subnetwork of the Internet.