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Chamber tip: security and privacy.


Security and privacy are two issues that must be considered when doing business online. Currently, a number of approaches are being developed to bring Amazon Amazon, in Greek mythology
Amazon (ăm`əzŏn), in Greek mythology, one of a tribe of warlike women who lived in Asia Minor.
.com's 'one-click' shopping experience to the masses. This process allows customers to keep all of their shipping, payment and other identifying characteristics safely stored so that when they want to make a purchase, they just click once and get a purchase confirmation.

One solution in the marketplace is the federated identity In information technology, federated identity has two general meanings:
  • The virtual reunion, or assembled identity, of a person's user information (or ), stored across multiple distinct identity management systems.
 network developed by the Liberty Alliance, a consortium of more than 60 companies representing a wide variety of industries with operations around the globe. Like Microsoft Passport See Windows Live ID. , the federated identity network enables online shoppers to safely share payment information, so they don't don't  

1. Contraction of do not.

2. Nonstandard Contraction of does not.

n.
A statement of what should not be done: a list of the dos and don'ts.
 have to re-key it every time they want to do business.

Any business that wants to participate with the Liberty Alliance will be able to use a standard format to create an easy shopping experience for its customers. Companies that want to provide this convenience to their customers will be able to purchase products or services from a variety of suppliers that support this standard. The Liberty Alliance released its first specification earlier this year.

Membership in the Liberty Alliance is still open, and all organizations are encouraged to join. For more information on the Liberty Alliance, its founding and current member companies and how you can get clued in, check out www.projectliberty.org See .org.

(networking) org - The top-level domain for organisations or individuals that don't fit any other top-level domain (national, com, edu, or gov). Though many have .org domains, it was never intended to be limited to non-profit organisations.

RFC 1591.
, e-mail info@projectliberty.org or call (732) 465-6475 during regular business hours BUSINESS HOURS. The time of the day during which business is transacted. In respect to the time of presentment and demand of bills and notes, business hours generally range through the whole day down to the hours of rest in the evening, except when the paper is payable it a bank or by a .

If you have a technology question, e-mail: herickson@detroitchamber.com.

Hans Erickson

Vice President, Information Technology

Detroit Regional Chamber
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Date:Dec 1, 2002
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