Startups Can Avoid a Privacy Class Action with a Single Clause(blog.foundersnetwork.com)
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Startups Can Avoid a Privacy Class Action with a Single Clause
http://blog.foundersnetwork.com/2012/09/2865/
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Not just privacy. Any consumer class action -- as long as AT&T Mobility holds -- can theoretically be avoided by a well-drafted arbitration/class-action waiver clause in the site TOS or other customer agreement.
I'm not a lawyer, but if I remember correctly, things like TOS and EULA are not always legally binding, and can be invalidated if a judge finds them legally questionable.
Good point
When working on a startup there are so many things to think about. Avoiding Action Lawsuits... never seems to be a top priority. Advice worth thinking about and implementing +1.
Malware being served from that site (don't know if it's ads or what; my AV system quarantined JS/Blacole.IT).
Automattic.com (runs WordPress) has this wording in their Terms of Use. The put those terms under a Creative Commons license so that anyone can copy it and re-purpose it for their own needs.
If you get to the point where you're asking "how can we screw our users without getting sued?" things have gone very very wrong.