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I enjoyed this presentation; nicely done Emma. During the presentation Emma expresses her wish that companies should think about whether the complexity of their
by dustfinger 9y ago
I enjoyed this presentation; nicely done Emma. During the presentation Emma expresses her wish that companies should think about whether the complexity of their terms and conditions are having a negative impact by obscuring their meaning to anyone but a lawyer. She speaks about how delighted she would be to read a terms and conditions that had just three simple to understand bullet points.
Emma mentions that the big Giants like Facebook purposefully obscure the true meaning of their terms and conditions, so it is doubtful that they would ever consider simplifying them. For the socially ethical privacy protecting companies out there, I don't see them simplifying their terms and conditions either sadly. I believe that they are too afraid of being sued and so they make sure that they have a lawyer write those terms and conditions. In the legal world their are certain expectations that those terms and conditions must conform to for them to hold up in court, at least that is my understanding.
Still, it would be nice to see some terms and conditions that are only 3 honest and direct bullet points long.