LEGAL PROTECTION OF DIGITAL CONSUMER RIGHTS (COMPARATIVE STUDY(

The harsh conditions that the world went through as a result of the Corona pandemic led to an unprecedented boom in transactions and purchases through international and local shopping sites using the Internet, which required the need to provide legal protection for the digital consumer, due to the harm that may result to him, especially since most providers of digital goods and services They try to make a profit by all means of advertising, and there is no doubt that they may be tempting and misleading at times .The importance of the research: This research deals with the legal protection that must be available for digital consumer rights, after the consumer's growing need for goods and services provided through various electronic media and the Internet, which prompts him to turn to them and conclude actions to acquire them .Research problem: The right of the digital consumer to obtain information is linked to his right to freely choose products that conform to the quality standards and specifications approved by the competent authorities.In addition to the consumer's right to avoid anything that might lead to him creating an unreal or misleading impression or causing him any confusion or error .Research objectives: The researcher seeks to find preventive legal mechanisms to protect the digital consumer, especially since the consumer is considered the weakest link in these digital contracting processes, because the consumer in the scope of electronic transactions does not differ much from the consumer who contracts through traditional methods, except in terms of the means through which they are concluded.Concluding a contract, where the consumer in the field of electronic transactions enters into a contract through modern means of communication produced by information technology .