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The____________ enforces a privacy law called the Directive on Data Privacy.

A) European Union (EU)
B) United States (US)
C) U.S.Customs and Border Protection (CBP)
D) Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC)

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Different____________ can significantly impact what a company may or may not display from its servers.

A) payment mechanisms used in e-commerce
B) time zones across global regions
C) national standards followed across nations
D) laws regarding free speech

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While the web offers tremendous opportunities for establishing international information systems (IS),global ISs are not without their challenges,both for B2B and____________ commerce.

The process of____________ enables organizations to plan and carefully design their global sites to cater to local needs and preferences.

The country-of-origin and country-of-destination principles deal with the issue of____________ .

Companies must be aware of limits that some governments impose on Internet use.

Explain the issue of different time zones and its impact on companies that operate in many global regions.

The Europeans adopted the 13-digit ____________as a standard for universal product codes.

Global Trade Item Numbers (GTINs) have to be modified to support global supply chains.

Because nations use different ____________and rules in their daily business operations,sometimes records within one company are incompatible.

National governments in South America as well as local governments in Asia and Europe have adopted policies of using only free ____________software whenever it is available.

Because of____________ ,a company's nationality is not always obvious.

How should the phrase "Think Globally,Act Locally" be interpreted to help companies that operate internationally?

As computers convert to operating systems that support ____________,displaying different character sets should be less of a problem.

_____ is the de facto international language.

The United States uses Fahrenheit temperatures,while other countries use Celsius temperatures.This portrays differences in____________ .

17. A challenge in integrating information systems is that the United States uses a 12-hour time notation with the addition of a.m. or p.m., while other parts of the world use a 24-hour notation.

The emergence of the web as a global medium for information exchange has made it an important vehicle for both business-to-business (B2B) and____________ .

According to the provisions of the Data Protection ____________Law,individuals or organizations that receive not directly from the subject must identify themselves to the subject.

A majority of web users prefer to access the web in English rather than using any other language.