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The painful part is, if you're doing this for privacy reasons, you frequently have to give them more personal information (and accurate ones too! not bogus ones
by dataflow 4y ago
The painful part is, if you're doing this for privacy reasons, you frequently have to give them more personal information (and accurate ones too! not bogus ones you might've used to sign up for an account) just to opt out. And you often don't get any acknowledgment of the opt-out either, which I imagine means you'll have to do this with e.g. certified mail and keep around evidence that you opted out. And if you gave them bogus info and now want to opt out... I imagine that might be a ToS violation which I expect would give them an excuse to toss your claim away. Not sure how any of these would fly in court, but as a layman it sure looks like a purposefully self-defeating uphill battle.
- Dylan16807 4y ago> as a layman it sure looks like a purposefully self-defeating uphill battle. It looks to me like they never considered "opting out of arbitration for privacy reasons". I don't understand how it would improve privacy in the first place?
- dataflow 4y ago> I don't understand how it would improve privacy in the first place? Same reason why you'd probably pay less attention to no-parking signs if you knew you'd likely face a $50 fine for violating them, vs. if you had to show up to court and testify in front of a judge. Milder consequences hold you less accountable and incentivize you to be more careless with everything, including people's privacy.