>> These are documents created by lawyers, for lawyers.
> Except they bind normal consumers, not lawyers.
> This is the law's version of the old softare forum 'RTFM' dismissal when people asked technical questions.
Thanks for pointing this out.
> It is not acceptable to have a privacy policy intended for ordinary people if it's not also intended to be understood by ordinary people. If a normal consumer needs to consult a lawyer before they sign up for Facebook, something has gone horribly wrong.
Here's my secret hope that articles like this will force the opinion - and courts - to realize that these documents are worthless and shouldn't protect any company that abuses customer data from lawsuits.
Also for us Europeans I still look forward to seing consumer protection agencies here finally getting annoyed and starting to use their new GDPR claws.
> Except they bind normal consumers, not lawyers.
> This is the law's version of the old softare forum 'RTFM' dismissal when people asked technical questions.
Thanks for pointing this out.
> It is not acceptable to have a privacy policy intended for ordinary people if it's not also intended to be understood by ordinary people. If a normal consumer needs to consult a lawyer before they sign up for Facebook, something has gone horribly wrong.
Here's my secret hope that articles like this will force the opinion - and courts - to realize that these documents are worthless and shouldn't protect any company that abuses customer data from lawsuits.
Also for us Europeans I still look forward to seing consumer protection agencies here finally getting annoyed and starting to use their new GDPR claws.