A Critical Analysis of the Cyber Contract Using Electronic Mail
Biswajit Tripathy · 2016
Electronic commerce(e-commerce) facilitates the data exchange in connection to the financial and payments aspects of business in day to day life. In order to have transparent and robust business processes, the electronic contract (e-contract) between the buyer and seller should be executed. Electronic mail (email) can also be part of the electronic commerce processes. In electronic business, parties can interact within themselves through emails and with the help of electronics payment system they can purchase goods or services through secure transaction protocols. However, the email should adhere to both the security and legal frameworks of e-contracts. This paper makes a critical analysis of the challenges of using email as a tool for e-commerce and testifies its usage in context of both the security and legal frameworks of e-contracts.