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> This is completely pointless. They'll just add some form you have to sign before giving you service and that's about it. > > After all, do you read and act on
by rmc 10y ago
> This is completely pointless. They'll just add some form you have to sign before giving you service and that's about it.
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> After all, do you read and act on the privacy notifications other providers give you?
So that's an interesting thing that's come up in the European Union, where the "constitution"/"bill of rights"[1] mandates "consent" for processing of personal data, namely does one of those click though I Agree things count as "informed consent".
Let's be honest, vast majority of people aren't actually consenting to things that are in the contract.
[1] For political reasons there is no "European Union Constitution". However there is the "Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union" which is sorta a "Bill of rights"
- teddythetwig 10y agoWe are working on an Erasmus+ grant project with my company ProctorExam, and due to the nature of the project, we've also included a privacy lawyer and a representative from SURF(The Dutch institution that deals with all things education). From discussions that we had last week, an "I agree" button does NOT count as informed consent because they aren't actually presented with what they are consenting to.
- reitanqild 10y agoIANAL but I think there is also something about a reasonable chance to understand it, i.e. a wall of text + a Agree (to get anyway) shouldn't fly either. Maybe someone who knows can confirm or deny this. Also: personally I think current EULAs are stupid and "Contents hot" on coffee cups only exist because Americans like to sue each other. I somewhat naively think that contracts between consumers and companies should be brought down to Creative Commons level.