Jocelyn Mackie - Page 8
Former civil litigation attorney. Content legal strategist at TermsFeed.
How to License Software
Your choice of a license agreement for software application depends on on what you wish to grant to a user. While most software apps only use the End-User License Agreement (EULA), there are open source licenses that give users more discretion on how they use a software's code. This article is...
India IT Act of 2000 (Information Technology Act)
India's IT Act 2000 covers offenses involving computers, computer systems, or computer networks in India. It also makes acts like hacking, data theft, spreading of computer viruses, identity theft, defamation (sending offensive messages), pornography, child pornography, and cyber terrorism criminal offenses, and gives legal validity to electronic contracts and recognition...
Australia Privacy Act of 1988
If your business is registered in Australia or you have customers or end users in the Australian market, you must comply with Australia's Privacy Act of 1988. This article looks at what this act requires while giving you practical steps and best practies for how to comply, including a breakdown of...
Terms and Conditions for Sweepstakes
If your promotions fall under the sweepstakes category, you'll want to draft a specialized Terms and Conditions agreement. Companies frequently face trouble with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) when they are not upfront or they make large unattainable promises. This article will explain what the legal requirements are around sweepstakes, and how...
Privacy by Design
Your privacy protection practices go beyond having a good Privacy Policy. That's just one tool to protecting your company from liability and communicating expectations with users, but it's not effective if you do not have the business policies to back it up. That is where Privacy by Design (PbD) enters the picture....
Disclaimer Template
A Disclaimer on your app or website is often the best way to address specific points of liability that could fall outside a Terms and Conditions agreement or a Privacy Policy agreement. This article will discuss some of the most common and important disclaimers and what purposes they serve while showing...