A set of regulations which users must agree to follow in order to use a service.
Terms of Use is often named Terms of Service and sometimes Terms and Conditions, as well as Disclaimer, mostly when addressing website usage.
Questions tagged [terms-of-service]
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Is ban evasion illegal?
What is the legality of "Ban Evasions"? This sounds like a dumb question but perhaps enlighten the ignorant.
Ban Evasion, "The creation of a new account on a platform or website after being previously banned for ToS violations".
In 2018, the 9th…
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Is it legal for Microsoft to install software without user approval?
On several occasions, Microsoft had misled their users to forcefully install updates or unwanted programs (like Windows 10 on Windows 7 here, here, here, and here), it also has forcefully installed the new Edge chromium web browser on W10 computers,…
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Is asking users to waive GDPR compliance a legal way of escaping GDPR data handling requirements?
I have recently come across this part of an app from a well-known US company:
Is this a legal way of handling some of the technical obstacles GDPR introduced? Is this a "flexible" interpretation of the law or is it straight up illegal?
To give the…
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What is the legal basis of requiring permission before one can link to a webpage?
I came across the "Linking Terms" of OTC Markets Group Inc.'s website:
PLEASE READ THESE LINKING TERMS AND CONDITIONS ("LINKING TERMS") BEFORE LINKING TO THIS WEB SITE. YOU MAY NOT LINK TO THIS WEBSITE UNLESS YOU ACCEPT AND COMPLY WITH THESE…
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Can a software company forbid individuals to consult on how to use their software?
I read on https://easychair.org/licenses:
Please note that we do not allow any organizations or individuals whose professional duties include conference organisation or who are paid, in any form, for doing so to resell our services or consult on…
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Is it legal for a company to require you to delete your account to unsubscribe from marketing emails?
I'm subscribed to "Visual Studio Dev Essentials" (so that I can download older versions of Visual Studio from the Microsoft website), but they are sending me unwanted marketing emails regarding both Visual Studio Dev Essentials, and other…
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Can I waive my statutory rights?
I've noticed that Steam has recently added this bit of text to its review and confirm page:
By clicking the button below to proceed you agree that Valve provides you immediate access to digital content as soon as you complete your purchase, without…
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How is internet archiving legal, when it appears to violate many websites terms of use?
Internet archiving services like the internet wayback machine work by rehosting content from other website. However, many websites in their term explicitly disallow people to frame their website or rehost their content. So my question is, how are…
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What are the limits of Terms of Service as a legal shield for a company?
This question has a more specific flavor to it, but it's ultimately a general legal question that just uses some examples as illustration. Consider the following scenario. For simplicity, assume the jurisdiction is the US and/or EU.
I agree to the…
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What does Firebase "use exclusively for purposes related to my trade, business, craft or profession" mean?
I'm creating a project in Firebase and it's asking me to confirm this statement:
☐ I confirm that I will use Firebase exclusively for purposes relating
to my trade, business, craft, or profession
(Firebase terms)
What does it mean? What am I not…
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Mistakenly agreed with a scammer’s term of use
Say, someone was scammed by a false online bitcoin mining service. He invested some money to buy the scammer’s service, the service was said to produce bitcoins online at a very fast speed without any user operation.
But when the victim was about to…
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Can a computer program agree to Terms of Service?
Most service providers have Terms of Service that people or entities need to agree to before legally using their services. On another question I had, arguments were made that you needed to be a person to agree to the TOS. But this doesn't seem right…
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Is there any law that Windows 10 "spying" might violate?
Windows 10 terms of service document includes Microsoft privacy statement which contains the following excerpt (as cited on http://bgr.com/2015/07/31/windows-10-upgrade-spying-how-to-opt-out/)
Finally, we will access, disclose and preserve personal…
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Why are private game servers illegal?
Over on Arqade we were discussing a question which was asking about private servers for a game called World of Warcraft. The discussion was about if using and/or hosting a private server is illegal not just against the TOS.
If it is illegal what…
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Can I get my answers deleted from Stack Exchange?
According to a moderator statement in meta that I read, Stack Exchange claims a "license" on the answers and questions which a user has posted.
From a copyright standpoint can a claim be made or a DMCA takedown override this "license", whatever it…
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