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Details: Privacy (Internet and otherwise) is this month's topic at your local business owner's networking group meeting. Implementing e-business solutions that protect individual's privacy have ethical and legal ramifications. Addressing these concerns can be seen as limiting your ability to use the technology of the Internet for the most financial gain or for protecting you and others from sharing information that should be kept private.

Other business owners have varying experiences with privacy. Discuss the specific advantages and disadvantages of doing ecommerce in 1) an insecure open environment and 2) an overly secure environment. Which would be most appropriate for Grandma's Treats and why?

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Discusses the specific advantages and disadvantages of doing ecommerce in 1) an insecure open environment and 2) an overly secure environment. It also discusses which would be most appropriate for Grandma's Treats and why.

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