PanNotes

According to the Gleaner the First Global website was hacked sometime yesterday. Also, according to a release by NCB (originally heard on the radio but the advisory can be found here) their customers have been receiving phishing emails that links to a replica of NCB’s website. The email asks NCB customers to enter/change their personal information.

The long overdue electronic transactions bill that passed last week has sparked new interest in the online opportunities available to local businesses. Though short on solutions for the real problems hindering e-commerce in Jamaica, the bill at least gives legal recognition to electronic commerce here and raises awareness with the general public.

This legislation has been “coming soon” since as far back as 2001. According to this overview, the majority of the act deals with providing legal recognition for the electronic equivalents of many of the paper based processes that we deal with today (e.g. ). It goes into great detail about personal electronic signatures and transmitting documents electronically.