Questions tagged [digital-contract]
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What are the legal protections to buy if seller refunds instead of delivering what was purchased, which causes monetary losses?
I purchased a laptop from a manufacturer from their own website brand new. I bought the laptop because this is the only laptop which contains the feature that I require for my needs. There is no other laptop which comes close.
There was one in…
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Defective software update instructions irreparably breaks product. Do any UK consumer or product liability laws apply?
Note - I'm not asking legal advice. I already have a basis of claim in my actual case. But the case prompted a question mark over an apparent loophole in UK consumer protection/product liability law, and I'm wondering if it's covered in some…
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How it is proven that an e-mail or text message (SMS) was not forged by the recipient?
Here, it was said that a text message is legally binding. But I am interesting in that what would happen when the sender says that the message was not sent by them. It is not a challenging problem to get any „forged“ text message (or e-mail) to the…
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Has a smart contract ever been enforced by a court?
Is there any precedent for a so-called "smart contract" ever being enforced in a court of law anywhere in the world?
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As per @David Siegel, this is not a duplicate with this question:
The linked question is not at alla duplicate. No valid…
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Where is a TOS binding without affrimative acceptance? Where is it not?
When a website uses a "browser wrap" or "agreement of adhesion" approach to its Terms of Service (ToS) document, relying on language such as:
Each time you access and/or use any of our sites or services, you agree to be bound by these Terms of…
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French postal service's monopoly on industrial contract communications - legal basis?
The government in France has a monopoly encouraged by law, whereby contracts can be opened digitally, but have to be cancelled through a signed paper letter paid to the government postal service. Every year 240 million signed letters are posted, at…
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Can a company refuse a refund of a digital product, even if it has been less than 30 days since the costumer purchased the product?
Three weeks ago signed up for an online course. I agreed to pay the price of the course in ten single monthy installements, but now I have come to the conclusion that the course is not something that I want to have anymore and I would like a refund.…
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Is a contract valid if one of the party doesn't even read it?
You might think someone must be stupid to sign a contract without even reading it. Yet I see it happen all the time, when contracts are just too long and there's no time to read stuff you suppose you already know. Typical examples are contracts you…
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Are digital copies of official documents lawfully represented?
In order to reduce my (personal) paperwork and its governance, I was thinking to scan all my official documents and save them somewhere digitally. This way, my closet would not be filled with papers from years back (which I'm not keen on throwing…
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Software to block contracts
Many websites offer contracts to their visitors by "browse-wrap" (making an offer by notice, where not not using the site signals acceptance) or click-wrap (making an offer where clicking "I agree" or a similar provided UI element signals…
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What are the parameters of the statutory buyer's remorse refund period for online purchases?
Do they apply to purchases of services as well as of goods?
For such purposes, what constitutes an online purchase? Must it be automatically accepted card payment, or does a discussion with a service provider and their provision of their bank…
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Why are Amazon and other vendors allowed to say "buy" an ebook or other digital asset when it is actually a license?
Amazon offers you the opportunity to buy a Kindle book. But you are clearly not buying, rather licensing, as they make quite clear.
This seems like false advertising; or alternately that a customer could demand to keep/own the item since that word…
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How to verify the identity of someone you met online?
I need to sign a contract with someone I met online in order to start doing business with him. But how could I possibly know that the information he would put on the digital contract is his real info? How could I know his real name?
Is there a…
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To successfully sue for breach of contract, what evidence does the plaintiff have to provide to prove that a contract existed?
My wife is being sued for breach of contract in the state of Washington, in the United States of America. The allegation is that she opened a credit card account, made a single charge, and failed to pay it off. I have no knowledge of what she may…
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Is it illegal to buy and/or sell "feet pics" or pictures of feet if the seller is a minor?
Curious about this -- I'm not a buyer of such things. A growing trend online that has been booming is females selling pictures of their feet online, very often to male buyers. If the seller happens to be a minor, is this illegal? Feet can be…
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