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Would they still need to publish legalese if they made it so that updates and sending of error reports required the user to click a button every time, and under
by axguscbklp 5y ago
Would they still need to publish legalese if they made it so that updates and sending of error reports required the user to click a button every time, and under the button there was some text explaining exactly what data was going to be sent?
- ohgodplsno 5y agoYes. Laws _require_ you to have a privacy notice. Just because your license says the software is provided AS IS does not mean it's enough. Noone is going to bother you if it's a small open source project by a bunch of maintainers, but as soon as you're a company, you have to.
- TedDoesntTalk 5y agoFor the USA, that's not always true: https://www.swlaw.com/blog/data-security/2015/03/12/why-you-need-a-privacy-policy-part-2-avoiding-three-common-fumbles/#:~:text=There%20is%20no%20general%20federal,that%20can%20lead%20to%20liability https://www.swlaw.com/blog/data-security/2015/03/12/why-you-.... But I know Audacity has a sizable European userbase, too.