EFF Launches TOS Tracker 65
stoolpigeon writes with this quote from the EFF:
"'Terms of Service' policies on websites define how Internet businesses interact with you and use your personal information. But most web users don't read these policies — or understand that the terms are constantly changing. To track these ever-evolving documents, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) is launching TOSBack: a 'terms of service' tracker for Facebook, Google, eBay, and other major websites. ... The issue of terms-of-service changes — and how and why they are made — was highlighted earlier this year when Facebook modified its terms of use. Facebook users worried that the change gave the company the right to use members' content indefinitely. After a user revolt, Facebook announced that it would restore the former terms while it worked through the concerns users had raised."
Can someone make a firefox plugin (Score:4, Interesting)
Wiki? (Score:3, Interesting)
Re:Hey Slashfaggots (Score:3, Interesting)
Well, I can see from my screen that they are workin' on it, man. Wrong direction, but at least they're on it.
Seriously guys, it is getting worse...
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Who has time to re-read all the credit card, phone company, etc. lengthy TOS documents to find the one or two line that have subtly changed.
Who cares about reading all the credit card, phone company, etc. lengthy TOS at all?
I agree, in part. (Score:1, Interesting)
> IANAL, but as far as I understand, if you need a special add-on to ensure that you see their updates, their updates mean nothing.
Actually, I think that a judge is more likely to rule that the changes are binding if you clearly had notice of them.
So if you install this, use it, and continue to use the service after some negative change to their policy, you're more likely to be found to have agreed to it, no matter how unreasonable that change was.
In short, I won't be using this thing. IANAL, but I'd rather have mine be able to argue that I hadn't been given proper notice of that change than to install some extension that makes it clear that I knew or should have known about all the crazy changes they make to their terms of service.