Terms of Service; Didn't Read: Terms of service are often too long to read (TL;DR), but it's important to understand what they say. Your rights online depend on them.
This is where the Terms of Service reviews come in? Didn't Read.
They will help you learn about your rights with a click on the service you are interested in. You can also have the ratings directly in your browser by installing the web browser add-on from links provided at the end of the post.
Every time you have to sign up for an online service or install an app on your devices, you agree to the developer, company, or manufacturer's terms of service without even knowing what you're agreeing to.
The vast majority of users do not read the terms of service, and simply agree to them. There are many reasons for this: on the one hand, the difficulty in understanding the legal terminology and on the other hand, the sheer volume of information makes it seem like you simply skip the reading process with a click on I accept.
Researchers estimate that the average person would spend 76 working days reading the terms of service they encounter in their lifetime.
It is clear that the system does not work for the consumer, but it works very well in favor of the companies that provide these services.
Terms of Service? Didn't Read is a user rights initiative designed to “rate and flag website terms and privacy policies.”
What you'll see is a concise summary of a service's terms of service or privacy policy.
For example
YouTube gets a D, Google a C, GitHub a B, and DuckDuckGo an A. The best rating is an A, and the worst is an E.
The service lists positive, negative and neutral points in a list so you can check them at a glance. By clicking on the “more details” link, you can read more information about the point of the summary that interests you.
As mentioned above, in addition to the project website, there are also extensions for various browsers.
They are all open source and display a hint in the browser UI if you are visiting a supported website.
Clicking on the icon displays a summary of the terms of use for that website. The Chrome extension also displays a notification on the desktop if websites have received a poor rating.
Download the extension you are interested in
