The Q&A gives a high-level overview of matters relating to regulations and regulatory bodies for doing business online, setting up an online business, electronic contracts and signatures, data retention requirements, security of online transactions and personal data, licensing of domain names, jurisdiction and governing law, advertising, tax, liability for content online, insurance, and proposals for reform.

Astrid Wagner and Julien Pétré are the authors of the Luxembourg Q&A.

The chapter was published initially in Thomson Reuters Practical Law Guide in May 2021.

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Topics treated

• Regulatory overview
• Setting up a business online
• Running a business online
• Electronic contracts
• E-signatures
• Implications of running a business online
• Data protection
• Privacy protection
• Cybersecurity
• Linking, framing, caching, spidering and metatags
• Domain names
• Jurisdiction and governing law
  Governing law
• Advertising/marketing
• Tax
• Protecting an online business and users
• Liability for content online
• Liability for products/services supplied online
• Insurance
• Reform