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Freelance writer and researcher at TermsFeed
Leah Hamilton is an editor and writer published by The Spinoff, The Urbanist, UrbDeZine, and Penguin Random House New Zealand. Leah loves to write about sustainable urban development, data privacy, mental health, and matters of the heart. She spends her time reading, walking her dog, and eating unreasonable amounts of chocolate.
SaaS, Who Owns the Content of Your Users?
When you create a SaaS product, user-generated content is one of the most common ways to build and grow a community within that app. But if that content is created by users rather than you, who owns it? In intellectual property law, copyright is automatically granted to an original work. This...
SaaS Apps: Is SLA the Right Legal Tool?
All apps and websites need to have legal agreements in place to set out the relationship between the user and the app or website operator. There are numerous different types of legal agreements that you can use for your app, such as Terms of Service, Terms of Use, Terms & Conditions,...
3 key things about the new EU Data Protection law
Some form of EU data protection law has been in force since the mid-90s, but the legislation continues to grow and develop to meet the changing pressures and challenges that come with technology and its increasing reach into the lives of individuals. As a startup, business owner, or e-commerce store operator,...
4 Clauses to Have If You Host User-Generated Content
Web sites and apps built with user-generated content are quickly becoming the norm. There's the rapidly growing language-learning app Duolingo, numerous Facebook quizzes and games, as well as photo-sharing websites and news aggregators such as reddit. They all rely on users to create, or contribute, or share things with others. This...
Amendments to Terms and Conditions
You may have your legal agreements all neatly set up and have used good clickwrap methods such as tick boxes or "I agree" buttons to gain agreement to them. But what happens if you want to make an amendment or release a new version? Are your users still bound by your...
Legal requirements for collecting personal data
Once you've collected a good portion of user data, you are no doubt planning your next steps for using the data to give your business a marketing boost. Before you dive in, it's important to consider whether you've taken the appropriate legal steps to protect yourself and your business when you...