Question for other GoToSocial instance admins: If you're running a single-user instance like I am, does it make sense to have terms & conditions? I'd rather not make things more complicated than I have to. Already got some rules in place, so T&C's just feel like overkill. #AskFedi #GoToSocial #InstanceAdministration #TermsAndConditions
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Be aware of the latest TnC of #microsoft services.
Source: https://www.microsoft.com/en-in/servicesagreement#1_YourPrivacy
Switch to #opensource.
YOUR PERIODIC REMINDER THAT CAPITALS ARENT MORE READABLE, yet regressively still a judicial standard in many jurisdictions. #LawFedi #termsandconditions
When a company blocks access to your account until you click I Agree at the foot of a nearly 10,000 word document which incorporates ten other documents by reference (for a total of 22,260 words PLUS a fine-print table PLUS a 28 page pdf PLUS an addendum which turns out to be 11 jpgs) you would be forgiven for thinking they don't actually want you to read before you sign.
BUT I WILL.
#ReadBeforeYouSign #TermsAndConditions
CrowdStrike Faces a Potential Tsunami of Lawsuits. Only the Fine Print Can Save It, Experts Say - After crashing millions of computers and disrupting businesses across the globe, cybersec... - https://www.wired.com/story/crowdstrike-outage-microsoft-delta-lawsuits-analysis/ #business/computersandsoftware #termsandconditions #business
#Adobe "rapes" the digital rights of all of their customers and steals everything what you upload to their tools for their own purpose, taking all of your tools and current data as a hostage until you agree:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cayIOCg24bE
There is nothing you can do about it.
... except switching to much better alternatives that do actually respect your rights: https://red-website-design.co.uk/adobe-alternatives/
Sigh... sloppy lawyering and drafting of #termsandconditions deserves to be corrected so publicly. Wdyt #lawfedi #inhouse?
After overreaching TOS angers users, cloud provider Vultr backs off | Ars Technica
Ars Technica · After overreaching TOS angers users, cloud provider Vultr backs offTerms seemed to grant an "irrevocable" right to commercialize any user content.
"Hurry up!"
"Almost ready, honey. I'm on page four of the liability disclaimer and I feel quite sorry for Samsung's legal team."
Anyone relate? #lawfedi #termsandconditions #inhouse
White Castle gonna replace the human drive thru operator? #privacy #WhiteCastle #TermsAndConditions #WTF
The Legal Genealogist weighs in on Ancestry's new Terms and conditions
https://www.legalgenealogist.com/2023/09/18/ancestry-rules-2023/
What about the endless terms and conditions, the unlawful data-mining, the international tax fraud! 
I demand more realism in my SciFi writing! 
@sciencefiction @writers @writingcommunity @writing @authorindiespeak
#SciFi #Writing #Writer #IndieAuthor
#Matrix #TermsAndConditions #ComingSoon
#WritingLife #WritingWonders #WritingCommunity #WritersOfMastodon
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) While screwing around trying to get AI to meaningfully review privacy policies, I had to read some...in full...and fuck, there is no god, humanity lost, there is only corpo now. All hail the "Terms of Service".
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Here's my summary of Classmates.com's privacy policy:
1. Classmates.com collects PII such as: full name, mailing address, email address, phone number, birth date, marital status, password, community affiliations (such as a school), demographic data, IP address, ISP, hardware information, and browser fingerprint, as well as any and all data or information you share through interaction with the site.
If you use "social logins" such as your Facebook account, Classmates.com will collect and store *all* possible current and future data from that site, which may include photos, school and work affiliations, location, interests, activities and friend information.
Some of this data will be publicly displayed and indexable by search engines.
Classmates.com's cookie policy specifically states, "We do not respond to or honor Do Not Track (DNT) signals."
Classmates.com reserves the right to read private communications between users if they believe it may be necessary for any number of reasons.
Classmates.com may obtain updated email address information or purchase third-party marketing data and address information and add it to our existing database to update or supplement your profile.
2. This data may be used to: post to Classmates.com or other 3rd party sites on the user's behalf, publicly endorse Classmates.com, target you with advertising across the internet, analyze trends, administer the Services, track user movement, detect fraud, monitor user behavior, and to contact you for marketing or other purposes.
3. This information will likely be shared with 3rd party advertising companies, affiliates, any company associated with Classmates.com, PeopleConnect.us, their parent companies, social companies such as Facebook, platforms, tools, and companies used by Classmates.com, and any employee who has "reasonable need" to access it.
Classmates.com will also share any and all information about you to government and law-enforcement agencies if required, or deemed in the best interests of the business.
4. No limit stated.
5. Since Classmates.com and their affiliates share your data outside of their domain, there is no way to fully opt-out or have your data meaningfully deleted.
https://www.classmates.com/about/privacy
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4/ Do you use zoom ?
If you can, please consider alternatives to this service. Preferably something self-hosted. I assure you, you do not need the AI to recognise when a participant in a call has raised their hand or is giving you a thumbs up. Don't get swept up by this hype around AI as improved service. Don't sign away your privacy.
ZoomZoom Terms of Service | ZoomRead: Terms of Service – Zoom
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3/ Do you use zoom ?
Two problems immediately come to mind...
2. The users have two 'options' - disagree with the terms and conditions, or sign away all of their data. This is fake choice, and everyone knows it. However, the vast sums of money spent on lobbying and legal fees serve this exact purpose. To legitimise this charade.
ZoomZoom Terms of Service | ZoomRead: Terms of Service – Zoom
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2/ Do you use zoom ?
Two problems immediately come to mind...
1. These data will be used to increase the company's value. The profits will be distributed amongst the shareholders. In this equation, user data is simply fodder. On paper, the company will have 'created' value out of thin air. The users will continue paying for services as usual (a fee hike is probably in the works).
ZoomZoom Terms of Service | ZoomRead: Terms of Service – Zoom
1/ Do you use zoom ?
Below you will find the most recent update to their terms and conditions. Look carefully at sections 10.2 and 10.4. When you accept these terms, hidden amidst the jargon is the implicit signing away of your data (including video data and messages) for training and testing of AI and Machine Learning algorithms.
Two problems immediately come to mind...
ZoomZoom Terms of Service | ZoomRead: Terms of Service – Zoom
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I think many of us are acutely aware of the large recent changes from Twitter and Reddit, that have a huge impact on researchers. As a result, many, if not almost all, researchers will not be able to afford access to, thus reinforcing already well known imbalances globally. We also note the ever-changing #termsandconditions of APIs and how they, too, disrupt science.
