Laws, Policies, ect . . .

[Tony]

Situation:

You are about to sign up for something (i.e. Email service.) They have a User Agreement and Privacy Policy. You skip reading it and say you agree to it. Why do you do this? Well, for one, it's long. It's also boring and you don't understand what it's trying to tell you. They name all these parties and whatnot and you are left standing scratching your head.

I want to know why there cannot be two versions of the User Agreement and Privacy Policy. One version is the technical version that we all know and hate. The other is a simple version that tells you flat out what is what. If a problem arises, you go to the technical version. The only thing that you have to make sure is that no hidden rules or policies are in the technical version.

This would be a win/win situation for everyone. Companies have their technical version. People have their simple version. And lawyers are paid outrageous fees for their work.

[Temanin]

*blink* I never saw this thread. Which is slightly odd, but still.

The only problem with this idea is the fact of interpretation and loopholes. It would be fairly simple, with a dumbed-down version existing, to work one's way around some things. Then all you would have to do would say, "I'm just following the terms of service I agreed to. There's no mention of that in the dummy version." And then they get bogged down with months of court battles just trying to find concrete connections between the two terms of service papers.

Besides, it's not too much trouble to just skip the long one, anyway. And who knows, maybe someone does read them.

[Tony]

But that's why you have to accept both the simple and confusing agreements to do whatever you are trying to do. And it will say in the simple version that it is simplefied and things are explained more and better in the confusing one.