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When terms and policy turn users away
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7th December 2019
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When asked to accept terms of use and privacy policies that state +it will to remove rights I otherwise had or accept unreasonable terms +undermining my privacy, I choose away the service. I simply do not +have the conscience to accept terms I have no indention of upholding. +But how are the system and service providers to know how many people +they scared away? Normally I just quietly walk away. But today, I +tried a new approach. I sent the following email (removing the +specifics, as I am not out to take the specific service in question) +to the service provider I decided to not use, to at least give them +one data point on how many users are unhappy with their terms:

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+From: Petter Reinholdtsen +
Subject: When terms of use turn users away +
To: [contact@some.site] +
Date: Sat, 07 Dec 2019 16:30:56 +0100 + +

Dear [Site Owner],

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I was eager to test the system, as it seemed like a fun and +interesting application of [some] technology, but after reading the +terms of use and privacy policy on <URL: +https://www.[some.site]/terms-of-use > and <URL: +https://www.[some.site]/privacy-policy > I want you to know that I +decided to turn away. There were several provisions in the terms and +policy turning me off, but the final term that convinced me was being +asked to sign away my right to reverse engineer.

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Happy hacking +
Petter Reinholdtsen

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I do not expect much to come out of it, but sharing it here in case +others want to give something similar a try too. If companies +discover their terms scare away enough people, perhaps they will be +improved...

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+ + + diff --git a/blog/archive/2019/12/12.rss b/blog/archive/2019/12/12.rss new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..97ffd1fbd9 --- /dev/null +++ b/blog/archive/2019/12/12.rss @@ -0,0 +1,55 @@ + + + + Petter Reinholdtsen - Entries from December 2019 + Entries from December 2019 + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/ + + + + When terms and policy turn users away + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/When_terms_and_policy_turn_users_away.html + http://people.skolelinux.org/pere/blog/When_terms_and_policy_turn_users_away.html + Sat, 7 Dec 2019 21:15:00 +0100 + <p>When asked to accept terms of use and privacy policies that state +it will to remove rights I otherwise had or accept unreasonable terms +undermining my privacy, I choose away the service. I simply do not +have the conscience to accept terms I have no indention of upholding. +But how are the system and service providers to know how many people +they scared away? Normally I just quietly walk away. But today, I +tried a new approach. I sent the following email (removing the +specifics, as I am not out to take the specific service in question) +to the service provider I decided to not use, to at least give them +one data point on how many users are unhappy with their terms:</p> + +<blockquote> +From: Petter Reinholdtsen +<br>Subject: When terms of use turn users away +<br>To: [contact@some.site] +<br>Date: Sat, 07 Dec 2019 16:30:56 +0100 + +<p>Dear [Site Owner],</p> + +<p>I was eager to test the system, as it seemed like a fun and +interesting application of [some] technology, but after reading the +terms of use and privacy policy on &lt;URL: +https://www.[some.site]/terms-of-use &gt; and &lt;URL: +https://www.[some.site]/privacy-policy &gt; I want you to know that I +decided to turn away. There were several provisions in the terms and +policy turning me off, but the final term that convinced me was being +asked to sign away my right to reverse engineer.</p> + +<p>-- +<br>Happy hacking +<br>Petter Reinholdtsen</p> +</blockquote> + +<p>I do not expect much to come out of it, but sharing it here in case +others want to give something similar a try too. If companies +discover their terms scare away enough people, perhaps they will be +improved...</p> + + + + + diff --git a/blog/archive/2019/12/index.html b/blog/archive/2019/12/index.html new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..f6f0ddd126 --- /dev/null +++ b/blog/archive/2019/12/index.html @@ -0,0 +1,553 @@ + + + + + Petter Reinholdtsen: entries from December 2019 + + + + + + +
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+ 7th December 2019 +
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When asked to accept terms of use and privacy policies that state +it will to remove rights I otherwise had or accept unreasonable terms +undermining my privacy, I choose away the service. I simply do not +have the conscience to accept terms I have no indention of upholding. +But how are the system and service providers to know how many people +they scared away? Normally I just quietly walk away. But today, I +tried a new approach. I sent the following email (removing the +specifics, as I am not out to take the specific service in question) +to the service provider I decided to not use, to at least give them +one data point on how many users are unhappy with their terms:

+ +
+From: Petter Reinholdtsen +
Subject: When terms of use turn users away +
To: [contact@some.site] +
Date: Sat, 07 Dec 2019 16:30:56 +0100 + +

Dear [Site Owner],

+ +

I was eager to test the system, as it seemed like a fun and +interesting application of [some] technology, but after reading the +terms of use and privacy policy on <URL: +https://www.[some.site]/terms-of-use > and <URL: +https://www.[some.site]/privacy-policy > I want you to know that I +decided to turn away. There were several provisions in the terms and +policy turning me off, but the final term that convinced me was being +asked to sign away my right to reverse engineer.

+ +

-- +
Happy hacking +
Petter Reinholdtsen

+
+ +

I do not expect much to come out of it, but sharing it here in case +others want to give something similar a try too. If companies +discover their terms scare away enough people, perhaps they will be +improved...

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+ + + Tags: english, personvern. + + +
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