![]() But, agreements also spell out how you are giving up personal info. So, if a dispute erupts between you and the company, you cannot file a claim or join a class-action suit. Unless, of course, there’s something really nasty buried in there.”įrancis said agreements often mean arbitration. “If you think about how much time it takes to read terms and conditions versus what the risks are of not reading them multiplied by every time you might have to do this, it may be more time than it is worth. “Well, there could be a term or condition that’s economically damaging to you,” said University of Utah law professor Leslie Francis.įrancis, co-author of “Privacy: What Everyone Needs to Know,” said even she does not read through every term and condition before using a new app or device. If consumers don’t read these legal terms, they don’t know what obligations they’re agreeing to fulfill. Certainly, we did not enforce any of our unusual terms, but we were entertained by some top-notch dancing and singing.īut the point of this demonstration was serious. Each person scrolled past our legalese within seconds to click the “Accept” button. In all, seven people accepted our Terms of Conditions without discovering our modified terms. On the absurd side, we included terms like regularly washing and detailing a station vehicle, singing or humming the theme to a show that appeared on NBC, dancing either the Chicken Dance, YMCA or the Macarena or bringing enough donuts to feed our entire newsroom on J– National Donut Day. Or, if they already have a first-born, they agreed to change his or her name to Ashley. ![]() On the life-altering side, they agreed to name their first-born child either Nadine, Dave or Mike. Some of our terms included posting their name, address, birthdate, Social Security number, bank account numbers and DNA profiles on our website. We buried all of these claims into the legal jargon to see if anyone agreeing to go on camera would catch it. ![]() For our terms, we altered ’s Terms of Use Agreement to include, well, some unusual conditions, ranging from intrusive and life-altering to downright absurd.
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