The Legal Environment of Business: Text and Cases
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ISBN: 9781337535878
Author: Frank B. Cross; Roger LeRoy Miller
Publisher: Cengage Learning US
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Chapter 9, Problem 2BS
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Case summary:The company SY is an online social networking company. The company SY launched a program that allows its members to share what they do elsewhere like renting a DVD with others.
To find:Way the company SY can avoid complaints of breach of privacy.
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