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Startups Can Avoid a Privacy Class Action with a Single Clause
- antonej 14y agoNot just privacy. Any consumer class action -- as long as AT&T Mobility holds -- can theoretically be avoided by a well-drafted arbitration/class-action waiver clause in the site TOS or other customer agreement.
- portiad 14y agoGood point
- enraged_camel 14y agoI'm not a lawyer, but if I remember correctly, things like TOS and EULA are not always legally binding, and can be invalidated if a judge finds them legally questionable.
- portiad 14y agoWhen working on a startup there are so many things to think about. Avoiding Action Lawsuits... never seems to be a top priority. Advice worth thinking about and implementing +1.
- kabdib 14y agoMalware being served from that site (don't know if it's ads or what; my AV system quarantined JS/Blacole.IT).
- cperciva 14y agoDon't Be Evil applies here. If you get to the point where you're asking "how can we screw our users without getting sued?" things have gone very very wrong.
- genwin 14y agoAutomattic.com (runs WordPress) has this wording in their Terms of Use. The put those terms under a Creative Commons license so that anyone can copy it and re-purpose it for their own needs.