[thelist] More E-Commerce Questions (Liability, Encryption)

[Martin]

Peter Kaulback wrote on 25/6/01 10:30 pm

>Great tips, could your client(merchant) sue you if you only were a reseller 
>for an ASP's ecommerce solution. In other words, if I design a site and 
>integrate some ASP's ecomm application can I still be held liable?

Yes, as the client has a contract with you, not the ASP.

Now if there was some inherent flaw with the ecommerce software
(as opposed to your configuration of it), then you've got the start
of a case against the ASP. But there is another PoV which says
that you picked the ecommerce software, so you're still negligent.

Cheers
Martin

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