European Commission 11 January 2012, COMMISSION COMMUNICATION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE COUNCIL, THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE AND THE COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS A coherent framework for building trust in the Digital Single Market for e-commerce and online services

52011DC0942 /* COM/2011/0942 final - 2012/ () */ COMMISSION COMMUNICATION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE COUNCIL, THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE AND THE COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS A coherent framework for building trust in the Digital Single Market for e-commerce and online services INTRODUCTION The Internet has revolutionised the everyday lives of Europeans in a way comparable to the