Continuing coverage of challenges to WhatsApp outside U.S.
(Revised Nov. 28, 2016 to correct typographical errors.) We noted in previous posts (regarding/from the UK, EU, and India) that a change in WhatsApp's privacy policy has raised concerns of privacy regulators and courts abroad. Recent news stories have updated reports related
Case: Meyer v. Kalanick (2016)
Just two weeks after Judge Woodlock enforced the arbitration clause in the Uber EULA (see discussion of the Cullinane case), Judge Rakoff in the Southern District of New York concluded that users did not assent to contract terms in the Uber sign-up
Case: Cullinane v. Uber Tech. Inc. (2016)
In the case of Cullinane v. Uber Tech. Inc., 2016 WL 3751652 (D. Mass. July 11, 2017), U.S. district court judge Douglas Woodlock upheld a clause in the Uber EULA that requires arbitration and prohibits consumer class actions. Plaintiffs Rachel Cullinane,
Newstalk ZB: Dangers of agreeing to ‘unfair’ terms and conditions without reading
September 6, 2016. Dangers of agreeing to 'unfair' terms and conditions without reading. This article by Tegan Atkins on New Zealand broadcaster website Newstalk ZB discusses a study by Alexandra Sims, associate professor and head of Commercial Law at the University of
What are EULAs?
End-user licensing is the effort by which producers of software, websites, mobile applications, and consumer products with embedded software (including the so-called Internet of things) attempt to define their legal relationships with the consumers or users of their products. In