Consumer Protection & Information: The Internet & Websites

How to safely shop online. Created by the American Bar Association

Provides tips for protecting yourself as well as reports on recent scams

Features extensive summaries of over 600 court decisions shaping the law of the web. Addresses a broad array of topics, including copyright and trademark infringement, dilution and other intellectual property issues, jurisdiction, linking, framing, keying, meta tags, pop-up ads, consumer complaint or gripe sites, tax, clip-art, online defamation, domain name disputes, e-mail, privacy, subpoenas, MP3s, encryption, gambling, click-wrap agreements, shrink wrap licenses, and spam, among others.

Find the IP address of a domain or website

Find out who owns a domain name or IP address

Potentially find out who is operating a website

-Perform forensic analysis of name and email servers, path analysis, authenticate and locate domains.
- Keep an eye on blacklists and monitor web, email and name server compliance and connectivity.
- Dramatically increase the efficiency, accuracy and quality of your searches, lookups and analysis.
- Perform forensic analysis on a variety of domain and email concerns.

Practical tips from the federal government and technology industry to help you be on guard against Internet fraud, secure your computer and help protect your information. Has a section for kids also.

Advice on choosing the best provider

Advice on participating in online auctions

Advice about sharing files & copyright

How to protect yourself in social forums

How to protect your email accounts

How to protect yourself when you go wireless