Thousands agree to absurd Wi-Fi terms and conditions. More than 22,000 people clicked yes to Wi-Fi hotspot terms and conditions without reading them, and agreed to paint snail shells and clean portaloos unwittingly.
Tim Berners-Lee, the father of the World Wide Web, listed his to worries for the future of his creation earlier this year. One of his biggest concerns is the increasingly dense terms of service agreements that companies ask users to sign.
Now, a public Wi-Fi company has demonstrated just how dangerous those complicated agreements can be inserting absurd conditions that thousands of people unwittingly agreed to.
Purple kis a Manchester-based company that specializes in running Wi-Fi hotspots for brands like Legoland, Outback Steakhouse and Pizza Express. This week, the company came clean about its two-week experiment in which it inserted a "Community Service Clause" into its terms of service agreement. More than 22,000 people signed up to perform 1000 hours of menial labour for the chance to check in on their Facebook and maybe look up some directions.
It is necessary to read the terms of service. Purple is the firs Wi-Fi provider to be complaint under the new General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
GDPR guidelines will become enforcement on May 25, 2018, for countries that are part of the European Union. The new regulations are intended to simplify terms and conditions as well as provide more transparency for consumers to understand how their personal data will be used.
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