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Many companies make opt out clauses - can we make an program that does automatically?
by venomsnake 11y ago
Many companies make opt out clauses - can we make an program that does automatically?
- ipsin 11y agoI've never heard of that. Can you provide one example of a company that allows you to opt out of binding arbitration?
- flyt 11y agoDropbox: https://www.dropbox.com/privacy#terms https://www.dropbox.com/privacy#terms Opt-out of Agreement to Arbitrate. You can decline this agreement to arbitrate by clicking here and submitting the opt-out form within 30 days of first accepting these Terms. Which links to https://www.dropbox.com/arbitration_optout https://www.dropbox.com/arbitration_optout
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- srtjstjsj 11y agoWow that's a skeezy place to bury it. Their email drip spampaigns don't remind me to check the arbitration options when they tell me all about how to make the most of my new account.
- pcl 11y agoThe article mentions this towards the end, but dismisses their utility. I wonder when the opt-out period begins -- on acceptance of the contract, presumably. While many companies also include an opt-out provision on arbitration — typically between 30 and 45 days — few consumers take advantage of it because they do not realize they have signed a clause to begin with, or do not understand its consequences, according to interviews with lawyers and plaintiffs.
- fineman 11y agoFunny, and I thought contracts required a meeting of the minds. How does that happen when one party knows the other has misinterpreted the contract?
- pcl 11y agoSeems feasible to do as a Chrome plugin.
- morninj 11y agoHow would it work?
- pcl 11y agoUpon defection of a click-through license (probably doable, given the formal language of legal contracts), examine the text for arbitration clause with opt-out text, and pop up a little dialog or sidebar that says "click here to opt out of the arbitration clause". That might require manual identification of how to do so initially, but I could imagine building contract signatures so that the process could be further automated for others.