Be carefull what you LIKE on FaceBook

[Racket_Man]

In General Mills "new" Terms of Service" on FaceBook there is a little proviso that says (paraphrasing here) "if you Like us, download coupons, or the like you NOW give up your right to sue the company for any reason". You are now forced (like a LOT of other companies) into mandatory arbritration (with an arbitrator of THEIR choice.

http://money.msn.com/top-stocks/post...us-dont-sue-us

I really want to see the first test case go to court.

And I really wonder why I do not do things like Like stuff on FaceBook (not that I have any presence on there anyway).

[Andara Bledin]

Pretty sure that sort of boilerplate isn't worth the bits used to store it.

You know how the back of parking lot receipts say you can't sue the lot for damage? Totally a lie. But it discourages enough people who don't know any better to be worth doing.

[BlaqueKatt]

Yup, I know some of the "giveaways" request that they have access to not only your information, but to your contacts on facebook's informtion as well. Which is in no way legal. (i periodically check some of the giveaway links, will notify the fb contacts that clicked on them, and unfriend them because really? you wanted that $25 item so badly it was worth selling out several hundred people's personal info?)

[Kristev]

Yes, but don't forget one thing: It seems since 2000 that the Supreme Court has gone mad. Ruling by ruling, they seem bent on granting corporations rights and taken them away from ordinary people. And since there are judges who speak approvingly of these arbitration agreements, even though there is no way of fighting back when the arbitrator is clearly biased (as often happens) on the corporate side, we may well see the days when a corporation can have religion and the days when a company with a dangerous product can skate, while people can't even vote any longer (not that voting has proven to be all that helpful here in the States.)