电子商务英语9.pptVIP

1 Key point:  useful terms and definitions of e-commerceDifficult points:  prescribing the features of an organization and products Requirement By the end of this lesson, you should be able to have a good command of □?e-commerce terms given in the lesson □writing a brief introduction to an organization or products □ useful words and sentences By the end of this lesson, you should be able to □summarize the article Internet Site Agrees to Settle FTC Charges of Deceptively Collecting Personal Information in Agency’s First Internet Privacy Case □prescribe the features of an organization and products The First FTC Case Involving Internet Privacy Abstract: GeoCities, one of the most popular sites on the World Wide Web, has agreed to settle Federal Trade Commission charges that it misrepresented the purposes for which it was collecting personal identifying information from children and adults. This is the first FTC case involving Internet privacy. The commission establishes strong mechanisms for protecting consumers privacy online. Key words: GeoCities; FTC; Internet privacy case; personal information New Words Sentence Explanations 1.Under the settlement, GeoCities has agreed to post on its site a clear and prominent Privacy Notice, telling consumers what information is being collected and for what purpose, to whom it will be disclosed, and how consumers can access and remove the information. 在这种安排下, GeoCities同意在它的网站上张贴一则清晰并显著的隐私通告,告诉消费者什么样的信息可以收集，为了什么目的而收集，这些信息可以提供给什么人，以及消费者怎样才能进入和转移这种信息。 telling 引起的现在分词短语做状语，修饰谓语has agreed，表示伴随动作。由连接代词、连接副词 what、whom、how 引起的名词从句做telling的直接宾语。 2.The FTCs complaint alleges that GeoCities misrepresented that the personal identifying information it collected through the membership application form was used only to provide members the specific advertising offers and products or services they requested, and that the optional information (educ