Year:
2021
Type of work:
Hypothetical,
Classroom project
Year:
2021
Type of work:
Hypothetical,
Classroom project
Year:
2021
Type of work:
Hypothetical,
Classroom project
Year:
2021
Type of work:
Hypothetical,
Classroom project
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Term Firm Forum is a hypothetical classroom project designed to address the common challenges users face with understanding the terms and conditions of various companies and products.
Term Firm Forum is a hypothetical classroom project designed to address the common challenges users face with understanding the terms and conditions of various companies and products.
Term Firm Forum is a hypothetical classroom project designed to address the common challenges users face with understanding the terms and conditions of various companies and products.
Term Firm Forum is a hypothetical classroom project designed to address the common challenges users face with understanding the terms and conditions of various companies and products.
The project aims to demystify these often complex and lengthy documents, providing clear and concise summaries that highlight key points, user rights, data privacy concerns, and potential fees. By making T&Cs more accessible and understandable, the project seeks to empower users to make informed decisions about the services and products they use.
The proposed website for Term Firm Forum will offer a comprehensive database of T&Cs, categorized by industry, and equipped with search functionality for easy navigation. Users will benefit from plain language explanations, comparison tools, and community reviews. Additionally, the site will feature educational resources such as articles, guides, and a glossary of common legal terms to further enhance user comprehension. Through these efforts, Term Firm Forum aspires to foster greater transparency and trust between companies and their customers.
The project aims to demystify these often complex and lengthy documents, providing clear and concise summaries that highlight key points, user rights, data privacy concerns, and potential fees. By making T&Cs more accessible and understandable, the project seeks to empower users to make informed decisions about the services and products they use.
The proposed website for Term Firm Forum will offer a comprehensive database of T&Cs, categorized by industry, and equipped with search functionality for easy navigation. Users will benefit from plain language explanations, comparison tools, and community reviews. Additionally, the site will feature educational resources such as articles, guides, and a glossary of common legal terms to further enhance user comprehension. Through these efforts, Term Firm Forum aspires to foster greater transparency and trust between companies and their customers.
The project aims to demystify these often complex and lengthy documents, providing clear and concise summaries that highlight key points, user rights, data privacy concerns, and potential fees. By making T&Cs more accessible and understandable, the project seeks to empower users to make informed decisions about the services and products they use.
The proposed website for Term Firm Forum will offer a comprehensive database of T&Cs, categorized by industry, and equipped with search functionality for easy navigation. Users will benefit from plain language explanations, comparison tools, and community reviews. Additionally, the site will feature educational resources such as articles, guides, and a glossary of common legal terms to further enhance user comprehension. Through these efforts, Term Firm Forum aspires to foster greater transparency and trust between companies and their customers.
This is what companies want you to know.
This is what companies want you to know.
This is what companies want you to know.
This is what companies want you to know.
What are the terms & conditions?
A terms and conditions agreement (T&C) is a page on a website that sets out the rights and responsibilities of anyone using the site. It effectively forms a contract between the site and the user. Terms and conditions often include an explanation or definition of key terms used in the terms and outline the legal limitations of responsibility of the website owner for any damages or harm incurred during usage of the site. It will include what action may be taken against a user who breaks the terms & may also detail the intellectual rights of the website owner.
What are the terms & conditions?
A terms and conditions agreement (T&C) is a page on a website that sets out the rights and responsibilities of anyone using the site. It effectively forms a contract between the site and the user. Terms and conditions often include an explanation or definition of key terms used in the terms and outline the legal limitations of responsibility of the website owner for any damages or harm incurred during usage of the site. It will include what action may be taken against a user who breaks the terms & may also detail the intellectual rights of the website owner.
What are the terms & conditions?
A terms and conditions agreement (T&C) is a page on a website that sets out the rights and responsibilities of anyone using the site. It effectively forms a contract between the site and the user. Terms and conditions often include an explanation or definition of key terms used in the terms and outline the legal limitations of responsibility of the website owner for any damages or harm incurred during usage of the site. It will include what action may be taken against a user who breaks the terms & may also detail the intellectual rights of the website owner.
Who needs terms & conditions & why?
Unlike a privacy policy, terms and conditions are not a legal requirement. However, it is recommended that every website includes one as it forms the legal basis of the site's relationship with the user. Should there be a legal dispute, whether due to a user claiming the site or the business suing a user for any reason, the courts will use terms and conditions as a basis for assessing the validity of the complaint. For this reason, all websites must have terms and conditions. In addition, website owners need to ensure that it is sufficiently robust legally to both protect them, and limit their liability, should they ever face or instigate legal action.
Who needs terms & conditions & why?
Unlike a privacy policy, terms and conditions are not a legal requirement. However, it is recommended that every website includes one as it forms the legal basis of the site's relationship with the user. Should there be a legal dispute, whether due to a user claiming the site or the business suing a user for any reason, the courts will use terms and conditions as a basis for assessing the validity of the complaint. For this reason, all websites must have terms and conditions. In addition, website owners need to ensure that it is sufficiently robust legally to both protect them, and limit their liability, should they ever face or instigate legal action.
Who needs terms & conditions & why?
Unlike a privacy policy, terms and conditions are not a legal requirement. However, it is recommended that every website includes one as it forms the legal basis of the site's relationship with the user. Should there be a legal dispute, whether due to a user claiming the site or the business suing a user for any reason, the courts will use terms and conditions as a basis for assessing the validity of the complaint. For this reason, all websites must have terms and conditions. In addition, website owners need to ensure that it is sufficiently robust legally to both protect them, and limit their liability, should they ever face or instigate legal action.
What are terms of service and terms of use?
You most likely have seen terms and conditions referred to by other names such as terms of service (ToS) and terms of use (ToU). These various terms may confuse some people and make them think they're completely different agreements. There is no difference. Any of these three terms (sometimes even referred to as user agreement) can be used as the name of the agreement to indicate the same document. This is demonstrated by the fact that major websites use these phrases interchangeably. It is the information contained within the page that is important.
What are terms of service and terms of use?
You most likely have seen terms and conditions referred to by other names such as terms of service (ToS) and terms of use (ToU). These various terms may confuse some people and make them think they're completely different agreements. There is no difference. Any of these three terms (sometimes even referred to as user agreement) can be used as the name of the agreement to indicate the same document. This is demonstrated by the fact that major websites use these phrases interchangeably. It is the information contained within the page that is important.
What are terms of service and terms of use?
You most likely have seen terms and conditions referred to by other names such as terms of service (ToS) and terms of use (ToU). These various terms may confuse some people and make them think they're completely different agreements. There is no difference. Any of these three terms (sometimes even referred to as user agreement) can be used as the name of the agreement to indicate the same document. This is demonstrated by the fact that major websites use these phrases interchangeably. It is the information contained within the page that is important.
This is what you should know.
This is what you should know.
This is what you should know.
This is what you should know.
Legibility & Complexity
Consumer law requires legal agreements to be transparent. This means that they need to be in plain, easy-to-understand language. If legal documents are not written in plain English, then they may not be legally binding – or at least the parts that are not transparent won’t be.The choice of measures is complicated by the fact that different measures calculate readability in different ways. But broadly speaking the measures that we used are based on the number of words in a sentence, as well as the number of syllables or number of letters in the words. If a document has lots of words with multiple syllables and sentences with more words, then its readability will be less than one that has words with fewer syllables and shorter sentences.
Legibility & Complexity
Consumer law requires legal agreements to be transparent. This means that they need to be in plain, easy-to-understand language. If legal documents are not written in plain English, then they may not be legally binding – or at least the parts that are not transparent won’t be.The choice of measures is complicated by the fact that different measures calculate readability in different ways. But broadly speaking the measures that we used are based on the number of words in a sentence, as well as the number of syllables or number of letters in the words. If a document has lots of words with multiple syllables and sentences with more words, then its readability will be less than one that has words with fewer syllables and shorter sentences.
Legibility & Complexity
Consumer law requires legal agreements to be transparent. This means that they need to be in plain, easy-to-understand language. If legal documents are not written in plain English, then they may not be legally binding – or at least the parts that are not transparent won’t be.The choice of measures is complicated by the fact that different measures calculate readability in different ways. But broadly speaking the measures that we used are based on the number of words in a sentence, as well as the number of syllables or number of letters in the words. If a document has lots of words with multiple syllables and sentences with more words, then its readability will be less than one that has words with fewer syllables and shorter sentences.
Twitter 35000 words
Twitter 35000 words
Netflix 4000 words
Netflix 4000 words
Google 5500 words
Google 5500 words
Twitter 35000 words
Netflix 4000 words
Google 5500 words
Twitter 35000 words
Netflix 4000 words
Google 5500 words
Spotify 5300 words
Spotify 5300 words
Spotify 5300 words
Bandcamp 7100 words
Bandcamp 7100 words
Bandcamp 7100 words
Apple TV 4000 words
Apple TV 4000 words
Apple TV 4000 words
Spotify 5300 words
Bandcamp 7100 words
Apple TV 4000 words
Transparent, really?
Transparent, really?
Transparent, really?
Transparent, really?
Transparent, really?
Transparent, really?
Transparent, really?
Transparent, really?
Transparent, really?
Transparent, really?
Transparent, really?
Transparent, really?
Data Collection & Usage Clause
In this clause, you must inform customers if you are collecting some data about them, for instance, purchasing habits, internet browsing behavior etc. It is also important to inform the customers if you are using the data you collect and with whom you might share it.
Data Collection & Usage Clause
In this clause, you must inform customers if you are collecting some data about them, for instance, purchasing habits, internet browsing behavior etc. It is also important to inform the customers if you are using the data you collect and with whom you might share it.
Data Collection & Usage Clause
In this clause, you must inform customers if you are collecting some data about them, for instance, purchasing habits, internet browsing behavior etc. It is also important to inform the customers if you are using the data you collect and with whom you might share it.
What did Instagram do with it?
In 2012, Instagram, then newly acquired by Facebook, changed its terms to allow the use of photos uploaded to the website for advertising purposes (without paying the photographer).It sparked outrage, and eventually resulted in the company updating the terms to clarify what rights it was, and was not, requesting.
What did Instagram do with it?
In 2012, Instagram, then newly acquired by Facebook, changed its terms to allow the use of photos uploaded to the website for advertising purposes (without paying the photographer).It sparked outrage, and eventually resulted in the company updating the terms to clarify what rights it was, and was not, requesting.
What did Instagram do with it?
In 2012, Instagram, then newly acquired by Facebook, changed its terms to allow the use of photos uploaded to the website for advertising purposes (without paying the photographer).It sparked outrage, and eventually resulted in the company updating the terms to clarify what rights it was, and was not, requesting.
Termination Clause
In this clause, the business informs the customers under which circumstances their agreement may be terminated. Clearly stating your obligations and the obligations of a customer help if you need to terminate a contract when a customer violates some other clause.
Termination Clause
In this clause, the business informs the customers under which circumstances their agreement may be terminated. Clearly stating your obligations and the obligations of a customer help if you need to terminate a contract when a customer violates some other clause.
Termination Clause
In this clause, the business informs the customers under which circumstances their agreement may be terminated. Clearly stating your obligations and the obligations of a customer help if you need to terminate a contract when a customer violates some other clause.
What did Sony do?
Sony doesn't intend to go around blocking users’ consoles – but if they want to, they are within their rights to do so In fact, one of the big wins in recent years for consumer rights in Europe was against Sony.
“A couple of years ago there was a case by the Norwegian consumer council, with the Playstation,” Reyna says. “In the terms of the license, there were clauses allowing Sony to automatically update or even erase operating systems that were not those provided by Sony.”
What did Sony do?
Sony doesn't intend to go around blocking users’ consoles – but if they want to, they are within their rights to do so In fact, one of the big wins in recent years for consumer rights in Europe was against Sony.
“A couple of years ago there was a case by the Norwegian consumer council, with the Playstation,” Reyna says. “In the terms of the license, there were clauses allowing Sony to automatically update or even erase operating systems that were not those provided by Sony.”
What did Sony do?
Sony doesn't intend to go around blocking users’ consoles – but if they want to, they are within their rights to do so In fact, one of the big wins in recent years for consumer rights in Europe was against Sony.
“A couple of years ago there was a case by the Norwegian consumer council, with the Playstation,” Reyna says. “In the terms of the license, there were clauses allowing Sony to automatically update or even erase operating systems that were not those provided by Sony.”
Read before deed.
Read before deed.
Read before deed.
Read before deed.
Our proposed solution is Term Firm, a forum designed to help people understand what they are agreeing to. It also supports the growth of a community centered around social news aggregation, content/product rating, and discussions on the terms and conditions of any department, company, or product. Through this platform, we aim to make complex terms and conditions more accessible and promote informed decision-making among users.
Term Firm is positioned as a trustworthy, user-centric platform dedicated to demystifying terms and conditions. Its brand identity revolves around clarity, transparency, and empowerment, reflecting its commitment to making complex legal jargon accessible to all. Term Firm strives to be the go-to resource for users seeking straightforward explanations and insights into the agreements they enter into.
Our proposed solution is Term Firm, a forum designed to help people understand what they are agreeing to. It also supports the growth of a community centered around social news aggregation, content/product rating, and discussions on the terms and conditions of any department, company, or product. Through this platform, we aim to make complex terms and conditions more accessible and promote informed decision-making among users.
Term Firm is positioned as a trustworthy, user-centric platform dedicated to demystifying terms and conditions. Its brand identity revolves around clarity, transparency, and empowerment, reflecting its commitment to making complex legal jargon accessible to all. Term Firm strives to be the go-to resource for users seeking straightforward explanations and insights into the agreements they enter into.
Our proposed solution is Term Firm, a forum designed to help people understand what they are agreeing to. It also supports the growth of a community centered around social news aggregation, content/product rating, and discussions on the terms and conditions of any department, company, or product. Through this platform, we aim to make complex terms and conditions more accessible and promote informed decision-making among users.
Term Firm is positioned as a trustworthy, user-centric platform dedicated to demystifying terms and conditions. Its brand identity revolves around clarity, transparency, and empowerment, reflecting its commitment to making complex legal jargon accessible to all. Term Firm strives to be the go-to resource for users seeking straightforward explanations and insights into the agreements they enter into.
The attributes of Term Firm clarity, transparency, and empowerment are seamlessly integrated into its web experience, ensuring users find the platform both intuitive and informative. The website features a clean, modern design with a user-friendly interface that prioritizes easy navigation.
Clear headings, straightforward language, and visually distinct sections guide users effortlessly through the site. Interactive elements, such as searchable databases and comparison tools, simplify the process of finding and understanding terms and conditions, making the experience both engaging and educational.
The attributes of Term Firm clarity, transparency, and empowerment are seamlessly integrated into its web experience, ensuring users find the platform both intuitive and informative. The website features a clean, modern design with a user-friendly interface that prioritizes easy navigation.
Clear headings, straightforward language, and visually distinct sections guide users effortlessly through the site. Interactive elements, such as searchable databases and comparison tools, simplify the process of finding and understanding terms and conditions, making the experience both engaging and educational.
The attributes of Term Firm clarity, transparency, and empowerment are seamlessly integrated into its web experience, ensuring users find the platform both intuitive and informative. The website features a clean, modern design with a user-friendly interface that prioritizes easy navigation.
Clear headings, straightforward language, and visually distinct sections guide users effortlessly through the site. Interactive elements, such as searchable databases and comparison tools, simplify the process of finding and understanding terms and conditions, making the experience both engaging and educational.
Transparency is evident in the way Term Firm presents information.
Transparency is evident in the way Term Firm presents information.
Transparency is evident in the way Term Firm presents information.
Transparency is evident in the way Term Firm presents information.
Each term and condition document is accompanied by a plain language summary, with key points highlighted for quick reference. User reviews and ratings provide additional insights, fostering a community-driven approach to evaluating the fairness and clarity of various agreements. Educational resources, including articles, guides, and glossaries, are readily accessible, empowering users with the knowledge they need to make informed decisions.
Through these features, Term Firm's web experience not only reflects its core attributes but also actively supports users in navigating the complexities of legal agreements. The platform's commitment to clarity, transparency, and empowerment ensures that users are well-informed and confident in their understanding of terms and conditions.
Each term and condition document is accompanied by a plain language summary, with key points highlighted for quick reference. User reviews and ratings provide additional insights, fostering a community-driven approach to evaluating the fairness and clarity of various agreements. Educational resources, including articles, guides, and glossaries, are readily accessible, empowering users with the knowledge they need to make informed decisions.
Through these features, Term Firm's web experience not only reflects its core attributes but also actively supports users in navigating the complexities of legal agreements. The platform's commitment to clarity, transparency, and empowerment ensures that users are well-informed and confident in their understanding of terms and conditions.
Each term and condition document is accompanied by a plain language summary, with key points highlighted for quick reference. User reviews and ratings provide additional insights, fostering a community-driven approach to evaluating the fairness and clarity of various agreements. Educational resources, including articles, guides, and glossaries, are readily accessible, empowering users with the knowledge they need to make informed decisions.
Through these features, Term Firm's web experience not only reflects its core attributes but also actively supports users in navigating the complexities of legal agreements. The platform's commitment to clarity, transparency, and empowerment ensures that users are well-informed and confident in their understanding of terms and conditions.
Tools used:
Tools used:
Tools used:
Team:
Team:
Jayanth Rao Arsh Kazi
Aryan Sharma Yash Sarsambi
Jayanth Rao Arsh Kazi
Aryan Sharma Yash Sarsambi
Concept note:
Concept note:
Concept note:
Term Firm aims to empower users with clear, concise summaries of T&Cs, fostering transparency and informed decision-making. The platform also supports a community dedicated to discussing, rating, and reviewing the fairness and clarity of various agreements.
Through its comprehensive database, simplified summaries, and interactive features, Term Firm will become an indispensable resource for consumers seeking to navigate the often confusing landscape of legal agreements.
Term Firm aims to empower users with clear, concise summaries of T&Cs, fostering transparency and informed decision-making. The platform also supports a community dedicated to discussing, rating, and reviewing the fairness and clarity of various agreements.
Through its comprehensive database, simplified summaries, and interactive features, Term Firm will become an indispensable resource for consumers seeking to navigate the often confusing landscape of legal agreements.
Term Firm aims to empower users with clear, concise summaries of T&Cs, fostering transparency and informed decision-making. The platform also supports a community dedicated to discussing, rating, and reviewing the fairness and clarity of various agreements.
Through its comprehensive database, simplified summaries, and interactive features, Term Firm will become an indispensable resource for consumers seeking to navigate the often confusing landscape of legal agreements.
Team:
Jayanth Rao Arsh Kazi
Aryan Sharma Yash Sarsambi