DATA PRIVACY ISSUES WITH E-COMMERCE

Abstract

This paper focuses on the data privacy issues that arise with the utilization of e-commerce platforms, focusing on the challenges and ability to protect a consumer’s data in an online transaction. As the popularity of e-commerce continues to grow and new platforms tend to rise, security and privacy concerns of personal information become supreme. This paper explores aspects of data privacy and multiple criteria of concerns that come along with it. It also discusses note-able privacy breaching incidents in this industry and how one can be safe within such digital bubble. Additionally, this paper talks briefly about the government regulations and legal framework that keeps a check over them along with a common consumer’s point of view towards it.