Tag Archives: Terms and Service
“Smart” bench gathers data to help urban planners meet public’s needs
“Smart” bench gathers data to help urban planners meet public’s needs By Jill Odom It seems that there is a “smart” version of every basic object nowadays, but an intriguing one for landscape designers who design public spaces is the smart bench. One …
Roombas have been busy mapping our homes, and now that data could be shared
Roombas have been busy mapping our homes, and now that data could be shared By Dani Deahl Over the past couple of years, Roombas haven’t just been picking up dust and chauffeuring cats around, they’ve also been mapping the layout of your …
Thousands Agree to Clean Port-a-potties for Free Wi-Fi
Thousands obliviously agree to clean port-a-potties for free Wi-Fi By Rebecca Wilkin Public Wi-Fi provider Purple recently attempted to determine if anyone actually reads terms and conditions before hitting “agree.” Spoiler: they do not. In a clever experiment, the UK-based company added …
Is Your Online Customer Agreement Enforceable?
Is Your Online Customer Agreement Enforceable Even against Simba, The Agreeable Cat? By Chip Cooper, Esq I thought I’d seen and heard it all in my Internet law practice, until a client referred me to an interesting article about a kitty …
GENEALOGY: A warning to Ancestry customers who consent to use DNA services
A warning to Ancestry customers who consent to use DNA services By Tribune Star A couple of years ago, Ancestry went into a partnership with a biotech company called Calico, owned by Google. The premise of this partnership was that …
Company Accused of Selling User Data Shuts Down after $104 Million Settlement
Company Accused of Selling User Data Shuts Down after $104 Million Settlement By Catalin Cimpanu The Federal Trade Commission has shut down the operator of a large network of online loan sites that promised to find people the loans with the …
How to Efficiently Read a Privacy Policy
How to Efficiently Read a Privacy Policy by Sid Kirchheimer Few people regularly do, and no surprise. The typical privacy policy is about 2,500 words — roughly a 10-minute read — sometimes, with enough legalese to make Perry Mason wince. …
Popular Apps and Websites That Sell Your Anonymized Data
Popular apps and websites reserve the right to sell your anonymized data By Nick Vega Last month, most people learned through a New York Times story that the email decluttering service Unroll.me had been selling anonymized customer data to third parties. …
What you’re really agreeing to when you accept your smart TV’s privacy policy
What you’re really agreeing to when you accept your smart TV’s privacy policy By Hayley Tsukayama Let’s be honest here — most of us don’t read the privacy policies for smart televisions. And even if we try to, it’s often …
Unroll.me backlash shows us exactly what’s wrong with privacy policies
Unroll.me backlash shows us exactly what’s wrong with privacy policies By Hayley Tsukayama “Sneaky.” “Dishonest.” “There is no coming back from this.” Those are a few of the things that users of the email service Unroll.me have had to say to the …
