Heres an example of why I wrote this: Enforceability of Browsewrap vs. Clickwrap From a recent news piece: General Mills changes policy after outcry Following an outcry, food manufacturer General Mills has referred back to its prior legal policy, which makes no mention of forced arbitration as a condition of interacting with the company. “We rarely have disputes with consumers – and arbitration would have simply streamlined how complaints are handled. Many companies do the same, and we felt it would be helpful,” Kirstie Foster, a representative for General Mills, wrote on the General Mills blog. “But consumers didn’t like it.” Last week, the New York Times reported that General Mills had altered its legal policy so as to compel potential customers into arbitration based on something as innocuous as visiting one of their brands websites, or even interacting with a brand on social media such as Twitter or Facebook. The new General Mills legal policy stated that “use of any of our sites or services, or participation in any other General Mills offering, means that you are agreeing to these Legal Terms.” msnbc/msnbc/general-mills-changes-policy-after-outcry techdirt/articles/20140420/07293226971/general-mills-changes-policy-after-internet-did-not-like-its-plan-to-remove-your-ability-to-sue-if-you-liked-its-facebook-page.shtml
Posted on: Tue, 22 Apr 2014 04:22:26 +0000
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