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To: Still Rolling who wrote (403)	7/19/1999 10:36:00 AM
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Ziff-Davis, Others Form Council to Set E-Commerce Standards New York, July 13 (Bloomberg) -- Executives from Ziff-Davis Inc., eToys Inc. and other Internet companies are forming a council to set standards for electronic commerce to try to make consumers more comfortable with online purchases. The Council for Internet Commerce will be led by Jim Hake, founder and chairman of Ziff-Davis' global information infrastructure unit. Other members include Scott Kurnit, the chairman of About.com Inc., BlueFly Inc. Chief Executive Ken Seiff, and Cyberian Outpost Inc. Chief Executive Darryl Peck. The council will begin by setting standards for e-commerce, such as the use of personal information by companies and security for online transactions, said Hake. Eventually, the council aims to have a certificate that World Wide Web sites could display to show they adhere to council standards, he said. The standards will ''let consumers avoid feeling that their order fell into a black hole'' by advising merchants to send confirmation e-mails when they receive orders, for example, said Hake. Fewer than 40 percent of heavily used Web sites send out confirmation e-mails to customers to let them know their orders were received, Hake said, citing a study from Shelley Taylor & Associates. The public will be able to make recommendations and vote on the standards at the council's Web site at www.commercestandard.com.