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Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2000 14:54:41 -0500
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From: "R. A. Hettinga" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: DCSB: Brad Hillis; Implementing State Digital Signature Laws
Cc: "Hillis, Brad" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Andr� Dubois" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Fred Hapgood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Rodney Thayer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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The Digital Commerce Society of Boston
Presents
Bradley J. Hillis
Contracts and Legal Affairs,
Dept of Information Services
The State of Washington
Implementing State Digital Signature Laws:
The Washington Experience
Tuesday, March 7th, 2000
12 - 2 PM
The Downtown Harvard Club of Boston
One Federal Street, Boston, MA
Bradley J. Hillis is an ecommerce attorney for the State of Washington,
which will soon announce a contract for providing state and local
government with Public Key Infrastructure service under the state digital
signature law, RCW 19.34. In 1998-99, Washington completed a successful
pilot project using digital signatures from a company licensed under RCW
19.34. Experience has raised questions about the purpose of the law, and
shown the importance of alternative methods of online transactions.
This presentation is about how the State of Washington plans to
accomplish e-commerce transactions without handwritten signatures and
within the limitations found in the Washington digital signature law. The
general law of electronic or unsigned transactions will be discussed,
followed by the requirements of RCW 19.34.231 for the state to use
digital signatures from licensed certification authorities.
In contrast to Washington, the State of Massachusetts does not license
digital signature companies. Outside of the small area of licensed
digital signatures, however, Washington and Massachusetts have similar
laws for ecommerce contracts. The law tends to confuse electronic
signatures, digital signatures and click-through or click-wrap license
agreements. Efforts to pass the Uniform Electronic Transaction Act and
the Uniform Computer Information Transaction Act, reflect a desire to
formalize standards for ecommerce. Mr. Hillis will explain the emerging
rules for each type of online contract, and suggest methods appropriate
for different levels of business risk.
Forms and Certification Practice Statements, developed for Washington for
use in public key encryption infrastructure, will be distributed at this
talk.
This meeting of the Digital Commerce Society of Boston will be held on
Tuesday, March 7th, 2000, from 12pm - 2pm at the Downtown Branch of
the Harvard Club of Boston, on One Federal Street. The price for lunch is
$35.00. This price includes lunch, room rental, A/V hardware if
necessary, and the speakers' lunch. The Harvard Club *does* have dress
code: jackets and ties for men (and no sneakers or jeans), and
"appropriate business attire" (whatever that means), for women. Fair
warning: since we purchase these luncheons in advance, we will be unable
to refund the price of your meal if the Club finds you in violation of
the dress code.
We need to receive a company check, or money order, (or, if we *really*
know you, a personal check) payable to "The Harvard Club of Boston", by
Saturday, March 4th, or you won't be on the list for lunch. Checks
payable to anyone else but The Harvard Club of Boston will have to be
sent back.
Checks should be sent to Robert Hettinga, 44 Farquhar Street, Boston,
Massachusetts, 02131. Again, they *must* be made payable to "The Harvard
Club of Boston", in the amount of $35.00. Please include your e-mail
address so that we can send you a confirmation
If anyone has questions, or has a problem with these arrangements (We've
had to work with glacial A/P departments more than once, for instance),
please let us know via e-mail, and we'll see if we can work something
out.
Upcoming speakers for DCSB are:
April Andr� Dubois Canadian Digital Commerce Policy
May Fred Hapgood The Rise and Fall of Internet Auctions
TBA Rodney Thayer Transnational Cryptography
We are actively searching for future speakers. If you are in Boston on
the first Tuesday of the month, are a principal in digital commerce, and
would like to make a presentation to the Society, please send e-mail to
the DCSB Program Committee, care of Robert Hettinga, <mailto:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]>.
For more information about the Digital Commerce Society of Boston, send
"info dcsb" in the body of a message to <mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> .
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We look forward to seeing you there!
Cheers,
R. A. Hettinga
Moderator,
The Digital Commerce Society of Boston
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