E-commerce Law And Cybersecurity In Iran

Nowadays, businesses are delegating more and more of their operations to the online arena, while the advertising and marketing activities are now predominantly conducted online, particularly on social networks. At the same time, a growing number of startups are fully established and managed in cyberspace.

It goes without saying that any venue and platform dedicated to trade naturally requires some form of security. Since e-commerce is conducted mainly over the Internet, it is inherently intertwined with cybersecurity. The security of cyberspace is governed by international laws such as the European Convention on Cybercrime (Budapest, 2004) alongside national laws. The security of E-commerce in Iran is ensured via national laws: Electronic Commerce Act (2004), Computer Crimes Act (2009), and the law on Publicizing and Access to Data (LPAD. 2010).