privacy

Fine Print Friday: Comcast Cable

August 20, 2010

As by far the largest provider of digital media services in the country (including cable television, internet, and digital phone), Comcast has many Fine Print Friday readers as customers. Since we always just sign off on the agreement so we can watch our favorite shows and surf our favorite web sites, the question is: What did we agree to? This week’s Fine Print Friday will illuminate some of the more interesting provisions of your agreement with Comcast.

Read the full article →

Fine Print Friday: Netflix Watch Instantly

August 13, 2010

Netflix made headlines this week when it announced that it made a deal with Epix (a pay-TV service that is a joint venture between MGM, Lionsgate and Viacom Inc.’s Paramount) to stream movies from those studios, greatly increasing the size of their Watch Instantly library. This is great news for Netflix subscribers (including me), and likely means that Netflix will have a lot of new subscribers in the coming months. This development makes Netflix’s Watch Instantly policies ripe for Fine Print Friday.

Read the full article →

Fine Print Friday: Twitter Terms of Service and Privacy Policy

July 30, 2010

This week’s Fine Print Friday addresses what permissions you give every time you tweet, and ends with a couple considerations for those of you who haven’t thought through the consequences of stream-of-consciousness tweeting.

Read the full article →

Fine Print Friday: Facebook’s Service and Privacy Agreements

March 5, 2010

Facebook has become one of the world’s largest social media sites, with around 400 million members chatting away, sharing pictures, videos, status updates, personal messages, invitations, gaming, and all other manner of activity. As Facebook has increased its size and influence, and altered its interface, it has been under increasing scrutiny regarding users’ rights and responsibilities, most notably with regard to their privacy.

Read the full article →