Tease and Seize Apply. Always.

Ever wondered what you are actually agreeing to when you tick the agree to terms and conditions buttons of your favourite social media tools? Turns out quite a lot. So much in fact, that we teamed up with a legal expert to help us break it up so we can see how it impacts our core rights.

RAG

  • Green - These generally respect user’s rights.
  • Amber - Be cautious. Some rights are not respected.
  • Red - Be very cautious. You are conceding a number of your digital rights.

5 Criteria

  • Readability and understandability
  • User rights in relation to service provided
  • User privacy infringements
  • Rights impacted
  • Severity of the impact

Readability and understandability

How easy is it for an ordinary person to understand these T’s & C’s?

Rights impacted

Which, and how many of your digital rights have been impacted.

User rights in relation to service provided

To what extent does the service encourage informed choice, foster wellbeing, independence and use free from harm.

Severity of the impact

To what extent are your digital rights being impacted, either limited or enhanced.

User privacy infringements

Privacy is central to T’s & C’s. To what extent is your privacy limited or protected.