23andMe just updated their terms of service limiting the time in which users can take legal action and adding a class action waver. If you are a 23andMe user you have 30 days to opt-out. This comes after millions of user data including DNA was leaked. 23andme.com/legal/terms-of…

🔵 UNPOPULAR OPINION: the GDPR also applies when creating and training AI datasets - and most tech companies ignore it. This must change. Read this: As the CNIL's infographic below shows, regardless of the data source, data protection law must be observed when creating a

Happy new year 🎊 ...Soon™️ 👀

After being broken for a while our #Safari Extension is back! And not just that, we now have dedicated apps for #iOS and #MacOS, quickly checking the rating and summary of any Service #TermsOfService and #privacy policy. Get them here: apps.apple.com/us/app/tos-dr/…

To be fair, who has time to read an agreement the size of a textbook? 😐

Thanks so much for the positive feedback over the last few days - I spent months of my life pouring my heart and soul into making the app for each of you. Get excited for future updates and feel free to leave feedback anywhere for us, thank you!!! -EH

Not reading the Terms of Service, how convenient there’s a service for that :)

#Avast sold data collected by a "privacy tool". Let this be a reminder to actually read the terms and not just the marketing! Check out our summary of Avast Terms here: tosdr.org/en/service/2141 Read about Avast selling user data to advertisers at The Verge theverge.com/2024/2/22/2408…

➡ Free #privacy resource You read the Terms of Service, right? No, of course not! The way companies publish their ToS makes it difficult to parse. How they embed them into user workflows encourages individuals to skip over them. And since there are more of them than you, it

Good a time as any to revisit this study from 2008 by Lorrie Cranor and co that found that it would take 244 hours (or a month, if you spent 10 hours a day reading) to review all the privacy policies you agree to in a given year: kb.osu.edu/server/api/cor…

Just ask our friends at Terms of Service; Didn't Read 🚥...

I've just contributed to Terms of Service; Didn't Read 🚥. Consider supporting them too — every little helps! opencollective.com/tosdr via Open Collective

Le programme de financement européen NGI est en danger. Cette initiative permet de soutenir financièrement des centaines de projets libres communautaires. Cette disparition mettrait en péril tout l’écosystème des logiciels libres qu’il consolide. framablog.org/2024/07/14/lun…

"You consented to that data collection" I push back against the myth of consent in a world where companies deliberately try to obfuscate how much data they're collecting, and wrap it in 60 pages of legalize and vague language.

We regret to have to inform you that we will be shutting down our public Matrix server. Check out our forum post to find out what to do if you have an account, why we are shutting down and how the timeline on this will be. tosdr.community/t/matrix-tosdr… #matrix #tosdr