Jocelyn Mackie
Former civil litigation attorney. Content legal strategist at TermsFeed.
Social Media Disclaimers
Having a social media presence for your business is important for branding and marketing, as well as connecting with potential and existing customers or clients. Maintaining business social media accounts comes with a lot of perks, but it can also come with some risks. Users may post defamatory comments or dangerous...
Privacy Policy for Surveys
Surveys are useful business tools that can help you design products and services around your customers' preferences. However, surveys also collect personal information which means you must inform customers of your privacy practices and take precautions to protect data. In short, if you use surveys, you'll need a Privacy Policy. This...
Child Privacy Laws
While most jurisdictions have passed general laws concerning online privacy protection, there are still relatively few worldwide laws that deal exclusively with online privacy protection for children. In fact, only the US has a law specific to children's privacy as of now. However, if you maintain a website or app that's directed...
EULA vs Free Software License
Most software available today is licensed, not purchased. Consumers have no shortage of products to consider, and those with good programming skills often choose software with open code so they can add their own features and functionality. Generally, items with closed code are licensed through End Use License Agreements (EULA) while...
Illinois Right to Know Act
Note: The Right to Know Act died in January of 2023 In March 2017, the U.S. Congress voted to remove broadband privacy rules which would have gone into effect later that year. The president confirmed the repeal, which ended efforts to pass federal privacy protection law. After that, states became interested in...
Does Copying or Adapting Another's Terms & Conditions Violate Copyright Law?
The short answer is that yes, directly copying another Terms and Conditions agreement violates copyright law and can be a copyright infringement. Directly copying a Terms & Conditions agreement (T&C) exposes your company to legal risks in a few ways. First, copying an agreement word-for-word is likely a violation of...