This paper will provide a detailed examination of the feasibility of electronic commerce. This will include an outline of the emergence of electronic commerce, and an examination of the basic studies that have been conducted involving electronic commerce. Furthermore, an evaluation will be made of the privacy and security problems that are associated with electronic commerce, and, perhaps more importantly, an assessment will be presented of the solutions that have been proposed for dealing with these problems. 28 pgs. 68 f/c. 20b.