Have you yourself ever read any on these types of agreements before clicking on

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Have you yourself ever read any on these types of agreements before clicking on the "I agree" tab? Do you think anyone reads these agreements? Isn't part of the rationale for including onerous terms the realization that no one would be likely to review them? Is it fair or reasonable to hold people to contractual provisions such as the forum agreement on Facebook to resolve all issues with Facebook in Santa Clara, California?

What are your thoughts? What would be a reasonable and workable alternative?

Explanation / Answer

Yes, I have once read a user agreement just out of curiosity and no other point of view, but that was only a single time so I do believe that people do not read such agreements before clicking the “I Agree” tab. Yes, the assumption that inclusion of an onerous agreement is that people know that they have some form of conduct that they have to follow as a general principle and they mandate their conduct accordingly.

Yet, it remains that any such agreement can be held as a contractual term and can be used to impose a certain clause or rule but only in nonjudicial patterns unless specifically mentioned in the agreement as well as having to allow the individuals that agree to it to be able to read the entire thing first.

As a principle, companies should include any and all information that we are obligated to perform but should not allow us to skip over such agreements so easily. In fact, the guidelines should be one such thing that needs to be enforced and therefore, the provider needs to make sure that the user agrees to the clauses they have actually read and not otherwise.

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