responsibility of the electronic agent programmer and its impact on consumer protection

Authors

  • zoulikha bentaya Mohamed Khider University, Biskra Author

Keywords:

electronic agent, electronic consumer, electronic contract, ecommerce, contract of the commercial agency

Abstract

The electronic agent plays an important role in the conduct of electronic commercial transactions; as as it helps individuals to conclude electronic consumption contracts, as it represents a link between the supplier and the electronic consumer. The electronic agent is a computer program that has intelligence and the ability to interact, whose main task is to promote and make advertising. Necessary for the commodity or product subject of the electronic consumption contract, searching for customers and encouraging them to contract with the principal who conditions of the contract, descriptions of his shop and all information related to the submitted electronic offer. There is no doubt that the responsibility of the electronic agent programmer is one of the most important issues related to the commercial agency and the protection of the contracting consumer in an electronic environment of the economic and technical influence of professional electronic agent programmers, and therefore the programmer of the electronic agent is held civil and criminally accountable for violating a rule of conduct As well as when breaching the obligations established by law. programmed the electronic agent. 

Published

2021-12-20

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