Safety of The Cameroonian Consumer in eCommerce
Keywords:
Information and Communication Technologies, eCommerce, eBanking, ePayment, Regulation, Consumer ProtectionSynopsis
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Book:
Intelligent Computing and Consumer Support Applications
Series:
Chronicle of Computing
Chapter Abstract:
The exponential development of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) has considerably impacted e-technologies, particularly e-commerce, e-banking, e-payment, etc. This rapid evolution is materialized in Cameroon by the national high-bandwidth fiber optic backbone of more than 100,000 km serving all departments. International connectivity is diversified, and an ACE (Africa Coast to Europe) submarine cable is under construction with a landing point in Kribi. An optical fiber connects Cameroon to Brazil. One of the players in e-commerce is the consumer who purchases using this technology through which enormous financial resources are transited. These financial means, which are in digital form, attract malicious people who would like to exploit the flaws of e-commerce to take advantage of them. The latter will carry out multiple attacks to weaken the system.
In Cameroon, do regulatory and technological measures sufficiently protect the consumer when shopping online? First, we will present the e-commercial environment with all the links composing the potential attacks. In the second step, we will present the measures to protect the Cameroonian consumer when shopping. This protection is achieved both by regulations and by the technological means implemented by Cameroon.
Keywords:
Information and Communication Technologies, eCommerce, eBanking, ePayment, Regulation, Consumer Protection.
Cite this paper as:
Tiako I., Tiako P.F. (2023) Safety of Cameroonian Consumer in eCommerce. In: Tiako P.F. (ed) Intelligent Computing and Consumer Support Applications. Chronicle of Computing. OkIP. https://doi.org/10.55432/978-1-6692-0003-1_6
Presented at:
The 2022 OkIP International Conference on Electronic Commerce and Applications (CECA) in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, USA, and Online, on October 3-6, 2022
Contacts:
Irene Tiako
tiakonga1@gmail.com
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