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Groupon Provides Fine Print Analysis of New Terms and Conditions

by Graham Martin on July 12, 2011 · 0 comments

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This morning I received an email from Groupon notifying my of an update to their Terms of Use and Privacy Statement (PDF). They even provided a summary of the updates in plain language, so everyone can understand them.

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Are Online Terms and Conditions Enforceable?

June 7, 2011
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It turns out that Fine Print Friday is not just an exercise in contract review. In 2010, a Missouri court decided that online terms and conditions are enforceable just by providing the user opportunity to read terms and conditions online prior to acceptance. When are these agreements enforceable?

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Fine Print Friday: Google’s Advertising Policies

April 8, 2011
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Hot on the heels of last week’s analysis of Google’s Terms of Service, I am addressing a more specific item brought to my attention by blogger and loyal reader Jack Yan: Google’s advertising policies and the Google-user’s ability to control the advertising s/he is served.

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Fine Print Friday: Google Terms of Service

April 1, 2011
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In the past 13 years, Google has thoroughly inserted itself into our lives. Between its search engine, Gmail, Google Docs, Google Maps, Google Desktop, Google Earth, Google Voice, and all its other fantastic (and free) products, Google has become indispensable in most of our lives. Concern is regularly expressed, though, about the access Google has [...]

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Fine Print Friday: LegalZoom Terms of Service

January 28, 2011
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LegalZoom.com is arguably the most popular online service for the preparation of legal documents, and has gotten mixed reviews from attorneys. For some people, the convenience of being able to submit one’s information via a website is a fair trade for not actually working with an attorney. On the other hand, not having an attorney personally checking your work potentially opens up LegalZoom customers to missed details that could derail the interests they were trying to preserve. What are customers bound to when they use LegalZoom?

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Fine Print Friday: Parking Ramps

November 19, 2010

Every time we enter a parking ramp, we are submitting to a contract involving licenses and bailments. But what are these things, and what do they mean for us, our cars, and our property? Read more to find out.

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Fine Print Friday: Does Jailbreaking Your iPhone Void It’s Warranty?

November 12, 2010

Fine Print Friday is a weekly column where I examine and analyze Contracts that affect many of us in our daily lives. Each installment will point out a few interesting provisions the average reader may not have noticed. Fine Print Friday: Does Jailbreaking Your iPhone Void It’s Warranty? Ever since the iPhone was initially released [...]

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Fine Print Friday: Dish Network

November 5, 2010

Given the recent class action lawsuit filed against Dish Network, and that I recently examined Comcast’s customer agreement, I thought it would be good to check the Dish Network Residential Customer Agreement to see how it measures up.

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