OECD Debates E-Commerce Guidelines

The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development kicked off an effort Tuesday that will likely lead to an update of the group's e-commerce consumer protection guidelines to reflect new challenges that have emerged since the guidelines were released a decade ago. Speaking at the start of the OECD's three-day conference in Washington on consumer protection in the Internet age, Michael Jenkin, chairman of the OECD's consumer policy committee, said the conference is the start of a long process aimed at updating the guidelines by 2011.