From 91f0727f03bcab287a08e791bc9df2da92498f6c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Petter Reinholdtsen Date: Sat, 7 Dec 2019 21:09:51 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] =?utf8?q?Ny=20post=20om=20bruksvilk=C3=A5r.?= MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit --- .../data/2019-12-07-terms-turn-users-away.txt | 40 +++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 40 insertions(+) create mode 100644 blog/data/2019-12-07-terms-turn-users-away.txt diff --git a/blog/data/2019-12-07-terms-turn-users-away.txt b/blog/data/2019-12-07-terms-turn-users-away.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..98f96b7add --- /dev/null +++ b/blog/data/2019-12-07-terms-turn-users-away.txt @@ -0,0 +1,40 @@ +Title: When terms and policy turn users away +Tags: english, personvern +Date: 2019-12-07 21:10 + +

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 todya, 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 drop, 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.

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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 it a try too. If the terms scare away enough +people, perhaps they will be improved...

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