- From: David Booth <david@dbooth.org>
- Date: Tue, 6 May 2025 10:24:20 -0400
- To: public-credentials@w3.org
On Tue, May 6, 2025 at 4:09 AM, carsten.stoecker@spherity.com wrote: > . . . > * Terms of use should define purpose, context, and data retention > obligations.____ Slightly off topic, but . . . "Terms of use" do not give users any real choice in the matter. Users are conditioned to not read them because: they are are presented with so many of them; user interfaces make it easiest just to "Agree" without looking at them; they are lengthy (e.g., the indeed.com terms of use are a whopping 100 pages!!!); they are written in legalese; THEY OFTEN HAVE SECTIONS WRITTEN IN ALL CAPS LIKE THIS TO MAKE THEM HARDER TO READ; and there is no way for the user to negotiate them. They are a plague that unfairly advantages large corporations who can hire teams of lawyers to write them in their favor, knowing that users do not have the means or expertise to negotiate them. In short, I'm wary of the relying on "terms of use" for fairly protecting users' rights. David Booth
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