The digital economy offers many possibilities for APEC member economies, including opportunities in electronic commerce and digital trade. The Internet and the digital economy enable greater economic integration, more innovation, as well as robust, sustainable, and inclusive economic growth for the Asia-Pacific region. The APEC Framework for Securing the Digital Economy provides non-binding principles and strategic recommendations to inform member economies as they develop policy and regulatory frameworks to secure their digital economies and their digital futures. It offers many possibilities for APEC member economies, such as opportunities in electronic commerce and digital trade. Member economies are encouraged to consider the four principles:

(1) awareness,

(2) responsibility,

(3) cooperation, and

(4) privacy,

and the seven implementation strategies:

(1) digital security risk management,

(2) develop economy strategies,

(3) resilient critical information infrastructure (CII),

(4) strengthen collaboration,

(5) digital user empowerment,

(6) digital security technologies for trust, and

(7) personal data security.