New law concerning electronic commerce

[Jens Müller]

In Germany, there is (effective from 2002-01-01) a change in the BGB
(Civil Code) implementing a EU directive "on certain aspects of
electronic commerce".

It has certain requirements on the processing of electronic orders
etc.

Furthermore, the new TDDSG (Teledienstedatenschutzgesetz - Law on
Privacy in Online Services) requires that the user agrees in
processing and storing of his personal data.

But not only that - this agreement has to be electronically
documented.

Things to care for if Gnue should be used for electronic commerce in
the EU.