Are Internet transactions recognized as legal sales contracts? Is there a digital signatures law that recognizes digital signatures?
Yes. Internet transactions are recognized as legal sales contracts. Each Canadian province has passed an electronic commerce law based on the Uniform Electronic Commerce Act, adopted by the Uniform Law Conference of Canada in 1999. The federal law PIPEDA also establishes the legality of electronic signatures. However, this law focuses more on transactions with the government. Finally, the Canadian Code of Practice for Consumer Protection in Electronic Commerce was endorsed in 2004 at the federal and provincial level. The Code provides best practices for merchants engaged in electronic commerce.
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