The 4 major areas of concern that every e-commerce manager should have a working understanding of the legal issues customer privacy rights, contract formation, enforcement, and intellectual property rights. 

What are 4 questions you can ask a lawyer for each of the 4 areas of concern?

a) The question to ask as lawyer on privacy rights is;

• What kind of customers' personal information should the company keep private and what should we do in case the information is leaked?

explanation

This question seeks to find the personal information which an ecommerce should make private to avoid any exposure of the customer which may lead to legal battle.

b) The question to ask as lawyer on contract formation

• What are the legally binding terms of contract? and in case one party fails to honor the contract, what happens?

explanation

contract formation is a very sensitive issue as some people may default. the lawyer must give us the legal framework within which we should go about the issue to avoid problems.

c) The question to ask as lawyer on enforcements

• What legal procedures should we take incase our clients default? and what are the enforcement rights within the legal framework?

explanation

enforcement rights must be respected and therefore the manager must get the correct information from the lawyer which regards the same to avoid problems which may disrupt the operations of the organization.

d) The question to ask as lawyer on intellectual property rights. 

• How do we guard and protect our intellectual property rights? should we patent our products and services and in case someone infringes them, what happens?

explanation

intellectual property rights such as the patents are important for protecting the business image and locking out the intruders who may use the same to pirate. the lawyer must thus explicitly advice on how to go about them.