The legislation seeks to promote financial transactions online and aims to boost the IT sector, according to Minister of Information and Communications Technology Marwan Juma.
“The draft law acknowledges electronic signatures as legal documents, will facilitate e-transactions and enables the government to begin promotion of e-government services,” Juma told The Jordan Times in an interview earlier this week.
In parallel with the law, a software will be developed to protect e-commerce correspondences, transactions and documentations, Juma added.
“We do not expect e-commerce to flourish overnight. We are aware it will take time, but the law is a key pillar towards that goal,” the minister said, adding that the legislation is currently being reviewed by the Legislation Bureau.
Abed Shamlawi, Int@j CEO, said the amended law addresses gaps in the 2001 temporary e-transactions law, adding that developments in the sector required an update to the legislation.
“Having an up-to-date law that protects the rights of all parties will encourage companies to provide new services and increase e-transactions,” Shamlawi told The Jordan Times on Thursday.
But Younes Arab, chairman of the Arab Law Group, said for the new amended law to be effective, additional laws must be endorsed.
Arab said the lack of laws protecting personal data and specifying types of e-services and the responsibility of service providers will hinder the implementation of the e-transactions law.
“Without legislation providing protection to users, how can people be encouraged to use e-services?” Arab told The Jordan Times over the phone Thursday.
In order to implement the law, the government will need to establish a certification authority to document correspondence and transactions as well as grant licences for electronic signatures, he added.
According to the jurist, the recently introduced cyber crimes law did not go far enough in covering all type of cyber-crimes, saying: “It will not create the required atmosphere that instils confidence in people.”
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Autor(en)/Author(s): Mohammad Ghazal
Quelle/Source: The Jordan Times, 27.08.2010
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