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Category: Terms of Use
Ninth Circuit Affirms – Browserwrap “Terms of Use” Link Not Enough
Schools are back in session with September is upon us, and website owners should be aware of a Ninth Circuit Court of Appels opinion “schooling” them on how to handle web Terms of Use, particularly those for consumer e-commerce websites. Last year a California federal District Court held in Nguyen v. Barnes & Noble that merely providing a link […]
FTC Takes Mobile App Makers to Task – Warns About Empty Promises in Privacy Policies
A new staff report by the FTC, What’s the Deal” – A FTC Study on Mobile Shopping Apps, highlights the FTC”s continued concerns about user data and the mobile ecosphere – particularly how payment disputes are handled by developers of mobile apps in the wake of recent Apple and Amazon app issues.. Following in the wake of the […]
PayPal Provides a Reminder: Keep Tabs on Policy Changes
With PayPal’s recent changes to its User Agreement, Privacy Policy and PayPal Here Agreement, users should take note of several important service revisions – and the changes provide a good reminder to pay attention to those ubiquitous “our policies have changed” notices we all receive. While PayPal’s updates restate current policy they also announce […]
Ninth Circuit Highlights the Importance of Well-Drafted Software Licenses and Terms of Use
While World of Warcraft (“Wow”) is a massive virtual role-playing game, where over 12 million players around the globe ply the hills, dales and alleys of the WoW virtual landscape, back in the real world Bizzard Entertainment, Inc., the makers of WoW, have been involved in numerous lawsuits over the years dealing with various aspects […]
Clickwrap forum selection clauses – a summer refresher
Despite the apparently unending deluge of regulations, rules and legislation flowing from the swamps of Washington, D.C., the dog days of August are usually time for lounging around the pool with family while catching up on that yard-high backlog of cases, articles and bills you piled up in the past few months. Summer’s also a […]
