E-Commerce Minute

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E-Commerce Minute: Thursday -- March 30, 2017

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Headline Scan
House Votes to Kill Privacy Rules Binding ISPs
Translating Website Visits Into Quality Leads
Why Are Health Records So Valuable to Cybercriminals?
It's Mud Season Again
Amazon Confirms Deal to Buy Middle East E-Commerce Leader Souq.com
Competition and Regulation Threaten Sharing Economy Markets
Amazon Strikes Contact Center Market
Consumer Advocates Bemoan Senate Vote to Lift ISP Privacy Restrictions

Today's Story Highlights

House Votes to Kill Privacy Rules Binding ISPs
The House of Representatives has approved the Congressional Review Act,
undoing privacy restrictions imposed on ISPs during the Obama
administration. The Senate passed the CRA last week in a 50-48 vote
along party lines. The White House has expressed support for the CRA.
"This is one time I believe the White House," remarked John Simpson,
privacy project director at Consumer Watchdog.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/84420.html

Translating Website Visits Into Quality Leads
Back in the day -- like, 1993 -- every company had to have a website
because it was the thing you did! A website was something new, fresh and
shiny, and it allowed the marketing team to reach more people than ever
before. It was on the Internet, which automatically made your company
seem cool. It was totally rad! Within about 18 moths, though, everyone
had a website and the novelty wore off.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/84422.html

Why Are Health Records So Valuable to Cybercriminals?
Protecting the data in electronic health records did not start with the
advent of HIPAA, as many people think. Protecting health records has
been a critical requirement in the healthcare space since the computers
became a fixture in hospitals. However, HIPAA added public reports of
fines issued for covered entities' failure to properly protect data
contained within EHRs.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/84417.html

It's Mud Season Again
It's mud season here in New England -- that time of year when everything
merges into an amorphous mess. The gray sky merges with a gray landscape
made into slop by continual rains and dirty gray melting snow. It's hard
to tell where one thing ends and another begins. Eventually the sun
comes out and dries everything, the sky becomes distinct from the
horizon, plants bloom, and order is restored.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/84418.html

Amazon Confirms Deal to Buy Middle East E-Commerce Leader Souq.com
Amazon has agreed to buy Souq.com, the leading online retailer in the
Middle East, reportedly edging out rival Emaar Malls' $800 million
offer. Terms of the agreement were not disclosed, but Amazon reportedly
agreed to pay less for Souq than Emaar had offered. Souq, led by
cofounder and CEO Ronaldo Mouchawar, claims to be the largest online
retail and marketplace platform in the Arab world.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/84414.html

Competition and Regulation Threaten Sharing Economy Markets
Eighty-three percent of U.S. broadband households, or more than 250
million consumers, own and use a smartphone. A recent beneficiary to
this mass adoption has been the sharing economy phenomenon, which
includes sharing apps such as Uber, Lyft and Airbnb. These business
models are augmented by real-time data including location, instant
gratification, on-demand pricing, and easy payment options.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/84408.html

Amazon Strikes Contact Center Market
AWS on Tuesday announced Amazon Connect, a self-service contact center
solution based on the same cloud technology used by Amazon customer
service associates worldwide. It offers phone numbers throughout the
U.S. and 18 countries in Europe. "The opportunity for cloud contact
centers is significant," said Rebecca Wettemann, VP of research at
Nucleus Research.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/84413.html

Consumer Advocates Bemoan Senate Vote to Lift ISP Privacy Restrictions
Privacy advocates and consumer groups are fighting back against the U.S.
Senate's Thursday vote to undo privacy restrictions on Internet service
providers. In a 50-48 party line vote, the Senate approved the
Congressional Review Act, S.J. Res. 34. If the House of Representatives
gives it the green light, it then will go to the president to be signed
into law.
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/84407.html

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