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Pa. 1997)  \n[http://apps.americanbar.org/litigation/litigationnews/top_stories/docs/zippo.pd](http://apps.americanbar.org/litigation/litigationnews/top_stories/docs/zippo.pdf)[f](http://apps.americanbar.org/litigation/litigationnews/top_stories/docs/zippo.pdf)  \nThe Spider Webs  \no Qualifying to do business  \no Licensing for professional services  \no State intellectual property right violation challenges vs. federal patent and trademark  \n(discussed later by Peter)  \nThe Booby Traps: Selling Online  \no State consumer protection laws  \no Vicarious liability  \n• What your buyer does with your product  \no Tampering with your product and reselling  \no Faulty installation  \nInto the Cauldron: Sales or Use Tax For Online Sales  \no A tax is due  [http://smallbusiness.findlaw.com/business](http://smallbusiness.findlaw.com/business)taxes/do-you-have-to-pay-sales-tax-on-internet-purchases. html  \no Amazon as trendsetter  [www.npr.org/2012/09/14/161083090](www.npr.org/2012/09/14/161083090)  \no Legislative initiatives  \n• Federal  [http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/10/online](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/10/online)shopping-tax-cost n 1764287.html  \n• PA  [http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/pennsylvania](http://www.nolo.com/legal-encyclopedia/pennsylvania)internet-sales-tax.html  \n• Exemption for small retailers  \nAdvertising Online  \no Risk of suit in foreign jurisdictions  \n• Jurisdictional challenge  \n• Venue challenge  \nCollection  \no Get paid before shipping  \no Terms of Sale  \n• Pennsylvania choice of law  \n• Lancaster County choice of forum  \no Foreign judgments  \no Debt collection  \n• Does not apply to commercial transactions  \n• Consumer transactions  \no Federal law  \no State laws  \nPrivacy Policies  \n3 Key Areas:  \n1. Setting your own “rules” for how you collect, store and use personally identifiable information (“PII”)  \n2. Complying with your own “rules”  \n3. Staying up to date on changes in state law  \nPrivacy Policies  \n􀂙 Personally identifiable information has been defined by the US Government’s Office of Management and Budget (OMB) as:  \n“information about a person that contains some unique identifier, including but not limited to name or Social Security Number, from which the identity of the person can be determined   [such as], education, financial transactions, medical history, and criminal or employment history and information which can be used to distinguish or trace an individual’s identity, such as their name, social security number, date and place of birth, mother’s maiden name, biometric records, etc., including any other personal information which is linked or linkable to an individual. \"","cbCaiqGiw5PR7NgT","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiqGiw5PR7NgT","pdf",1240562,51,"English","# The E erie Shadows: Doing Business in Other States\n## Nexus test\n## Minimum contacts test\n# The Spider Webs\n## Qualifying to do business\n## Licensing and IP challenges\n# The Booby Traps: Selling Online\n## Consumer protection laws and vicarious liability\n## Product tampering and installation issues\n# Into the Cauldron: Sales or Use Tax For Online Sales\n## Legislative initiatives\n# Advertising Online\n## Jurisdictional and venue challenges\n# Collection\n## Terms of sale and choice of law\n## Foreign judgments and debt collection\n# Privacy Policies\n## Setting and complying with data rules\n## Staying up to date on state law changes","[{\"question\":\"What legal tests determine when an organization is doing business in other states?\",\"answer\":\"The presentation discusses the nexus test and the minimum contacts test to explain what a state can do to an organization and what other people can do against it in foreign jurisdictions.\"},{\"question\":\"What are key risks when selling online to customers?\",\"answer\":\"It covers state consumer protection laws, vicarious liability, and issues such as what buyers do with products, including tampering, reselling, and faulty installation.\"},{\"question\":\"How should organizations handle privacy policies for personally identifiable information (PII)?\",\"answer\":\"It highlights three key areas: setting rules for collecting, storing, and using PII; complying with those rules; and staying current with changes in state law, using the OMB definition of PII as a basis.\"}]","Virtually Terrified - Safely Operating Your Organization Online - Seminar Presentation 00150454 | PDF",1789507688]