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Here at Terms & Conditions, we read the terms of service, privacy policies, and other required legal contracts of websites and online services so you don’t have to. (Not that you were going to read them anyway.) Check out our Terms & Conditions archive below to see all the important provisions you should take into consideration before clicking “Agree.”
TrueColours Chrome extension is a life hack for those pesky T&Cs you never read
The TrueColours browser extension and smartphone app from Stabilo describes itself as the "world’s first warning system for online terms and conditions."
Terms & Conditions: WhatsApp’s legalese is user-friendly … and hilarious
WhatsApp has becoming one of the world's most popular SMS alternatives. But its terms of service is even better than free text messaging.
Terms & Conditions: Congress has privacy policies in its sights with CISPA
The return of the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (CISPA) puts all privacy policies on the chopping block.
Terms & Conditions: Sharing your HBOGo password is risky, but worth it
Can you use someone else's password to access HBOGo? Find out in this edition of Terms & Conditions.
Terms & Conditions: Should ignoring fine print be illegal?
The already-bad Computer Fraud and Abuse Act may be set to get a lot worse. Here's why.
Terms & Conditions: Dailymotion protects your privacy better than YouTube
When it comes to terms of service and privacy policy, Dailymotion may have YouTube (read: Google) beat.
Terms & Conditions: What happens on Pandora does not stay on Pandora
Pandora Internet Radio's terms of service and privacy policy explained.
Terms & Conditions: Netflix never said never to password sharing
Netflix remains the king of video streaming, beloved by cord cutters everywhere. But what secrets lay within Netflix's Terms of Use?
Terms & Conditions: SoundCloud keeps your music yours
For this week's T&C, we dive into online audio sharing service SoundCloud's terms of service to see how the company deals with your garage band's intellectual property rights.
Terms & Conditions: Waze is a privacy accident waiting to happen
Waze is easily one of the best GPS apps available, providing users with real-time traffic information. It's also a complete wreck when it comes to privacy.
Terms & Conditions: The Pirate Bay’s fine print is still punk rock
Considered the world's most illegal website by the establishment, The Pirate Bay does adhere to one traditional business norm: It has a terms of service.
Terms & Conditions: Mailbox app is worth the wait
Mailbox is the hot new email app for iPhone users – at least, those users who are lucky enough to have already made it through the app's slow roll-out process. While the rest of us poor saps wait for a spot to open, here's a quick rundown of the apps terms of service and privacy policy.
Terms & Conditions: When it comes to privacy, eBay is the anti-Facebook
Online auction giant eBay's new User Agreement and Privacy Policy dissected so you can understand it.
Terms & Conditions: Shoot all the Vine porn you want – it’s allowed
Social video app Vine has come under fire since its launch for allowing pornography to creep into the service's highlighted feeds. And while the company has done what it can to hide its porn stash, the app's Terms of Service in no way forbid users from posting their intimate moments.
Terms & Conditions: What’s in your Mega account? Don’t ask, don’t tell
Kim Dotcom's hot new company Mega gives users something no other competing cloud storage service offers: 50GB of free storage space and clever encryption. But Mega's Terms make one thing clear: The risk is all on you.
Terms & Conditions: Yelp owns your business – forever
Yelp provides consumers with a great way to help choose the businesses we patron. What's not so great: Yelp's Terms of Service say that it can use any of your content however it wants, forever, even if you delete your account (or it gets deleted for you).
Terms & Conditions: If you care about privacy, don’t use Foursquare
Foursquare's new privacy policy will go into effect later this month. Unfortunately for users, it looks as though the check-in app is just as bad for privacy as ever – maybe worse.
Terms & Conditions: Every company should copy Tumblr
In a dark sea of unreadable terms of service, Tumblr's version rises to the surface as a life raft for users looking to get a grasp of what they are actually agreeing to when they use the blogging service.
Terms & Conditions: Snapchat’s privacy policy has too many secrets
Snapchat is the Instagram of "sexting" thanks to its ability to make embarrassing photos disappear in seconds. Unfortunately for users, the controversial mobile app's privacy policy seems to remain shrouded in a bit of secrecy.
Terms & Conditions: Nothing you do on Digg is private
Social news site Digg is making a comeback with a new company and new style. Unfortunately, Digg's terms and privacy policy could use a redesign of their own.
Terms & Conditions: Vimeo’s terms follow you across the Web
Vimeo may not have the massive user base of YouTube, but Google's video-sharing service could learn a thing or two about how to write proper terms of service from its hipster cousin.
Terms & Conditions: Twitpic holds your photos hostage
Photo-sharing service Twitpic has ridden the Twitter wave all the way to the top. Problem is, its terms of service reveal that it would be better suited for somewhere at the bottom of the barrel.
Terms & Conditions: Use Uber ‘at your own risk’
Tech-savvy city slickers across the U.S. have made mobile car service provider Uber one of the country's hottest startups, thanks to its ability to call you a cab at the push of a button. But a quick look at Uber's terms of service show the company needs to polish up its legal language, or it might scare people away.