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Legal articles in easy to understand language.
How Not to Place "I Agree to" Checkboxes
The following are crucial factors when it comes to getting valid and enforceable agreement to your website or mobile app Terms and legal agreements: How enforceable your Terms and Conditions or Privacy Policy agreements are Where you place the "I agree to" checkbox to obtain consent and agreement, and What language is placed...
Be specific in your Privacy Policy
The current Privacy Policy of Google allows them to combine data from their different services they currently operate. For example, data collected from YouTube could be combined with data collected from Google searches. The Article 29 Working Party, which is a group of European Data Protection regulators, advised in 2012 that...
How to Get Consent for Legal Agreements
Getting consent for your legal agreements not only helps build trust with consumers, it is also an essential step in complying with applicable laws. This article explains what consent is, why it is necessary for legal agreements, when you need to get it, and how to obtain it. What is Consent? For...
Gap vs. Tinder: A Terms of Service prevents abuses
In early 2015, Tinder shut down an ad campaign that Gap had begun running on the Tinder platform. According to Tinder, the ad campaign ran by Gap was in violation of Tinder's Terms of Service, which explicitly state that Tinder is "for personal use only" and that the app may not...
Netherlands Requirements for EU Cookies Law
In 2012, the Dutch Senate amended the Telecommunications Act with new rules dictating the appropriate use of cookies on websites and mobile apps. But the new rules require that opt-in consent must be obtained prior to any cookies that are not strictly necessary for the essential functioning of the website or...
Privacy Policy for Firefox OS Apps
If you're developing apps for Firefox OS, you'll need to update the "Marketplace Privacy Policy" field when submitting your app to appear in the Firefox Marketplace. Firefox OS also allows developers to have their Privacy Policy agreements hosted on the Firefox Marketplace rather than placing a link to a URL hosted...