[Year 12 IT Apps] Terms of Use Document - O402

[Roland Gesthuizen]

Wow, just when I was about to plunge my front cranium into a bound, paper manuscript. I agree with the notion that we should run a competition for the most dramatic reading of this EULA. How about a face-off at ACCE2012 ;-)

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On 26/03/2012, at 3:44 PM, ken price <kenjprice at gmail.com> wrote:

> Not quite an EULA but I had to laugh at the Facebook user agreement http://www.facebook.com/legal/terms that attempts to control your use of the words "face" and "book".
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> "You will not use our copyrights or trademarks (including Facebook, the Facebook and F Logos, FB, Face, Poke, Wall and 32665), or any confusingly similar marks, without our written permission."
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> http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2120205/Facebook-seeks-copyright-word-BOOK-new-user-agreement-company-tightens-grasp-common-words-like-wall-face.html#ixzz1qC8D5gqL
> Cheers
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> Ken
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> On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 3:01 PM, Mark KELLY <kel at mckinnonsc.vic.edu.au> wrote:
> Thanks, Damien. I often do read the EULA of suspicious products.
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> Of course if EULAs are too dull for you, they benefit from a dramatic reading...
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> http://www.cnet.com/8301-30976_1-20068778-10348864.html
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> On 26 March 2012 14:25, ATKINSON-BUCK, Damien <Damien.ATKINSON-BUCK at ivanhoe.com.au> wrote:
> Hi folks,
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>             More often than not we people tend to just click “I accept” on software installation ‘Terms Of Use’ and rarely stop to read it. Over the weekend, one program I trialled came with a not very optional extra. Part of the terms of use is below. I’ve “anonymized” (is this 2012’s new dictionary addition) the company, but you may want to mention it to your charges. Pretty sure this would breach much of the privacy act.
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> Cheers
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> Damien
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> “In order to provide this free download, <<XYZ>> software, provided by <<ABC>>, Inc., a <<DEF>>, Inc. company, is included in this download. This software allows millions of participants in an online market research community to voice their opinions by allowing their online browsing and purchasing behavior to be monitored, collected, aggregated, and once anonymized, used to generate market reports which our clients use to understand Internet trends and patterns and other market research purposes. The information which is monitored and collected includes internet usage information, basic demographic information, certain hardware, software, computer configuration and application usage information about the computer on which you install <<XYZ>>. We may use the information that we monitor, such as name and address, to better understand your household demographics; for example, we may combine the information that you provide us with additional information from consumer data brokers and other data sources in accordance with our privacy policy. We make commercially viable efforts to automatically filter confidential personally identifiable information and to purge our databases of such information about our panelists when inadvertently collected. By clicking Accept, you acknowledge that you are 18 years of age or older, an authorized user of this computer, and that you have read, agreed to, and have obtained the consent to the terms and conditions of the Privacy Statement and User License Agreement from anyone who will be using the computer on which you install this application.”
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> Dr Ken Price MACS ACCE Professional Associate.
> President, TASITE
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