TLDR: Terms of Service - Privacy, Data Collection, and Coercive Agreements
07-12, 13:00–13:50 (US/Eastern), Little Theatre

When you click to "accept" a terms of service (TOS), it's essential to understand what you're agreeing to. Many conditional access agreements include information about the privacy policy, data collection, how your data will be used, and who the data is shared with. Some TOS agreements can indeed be lengthy and overreaching. It's crucial to review these carefully and look out for clauses that restrict your rights, such as restricting your ability to sue, censoring negative reviews, or some overly broad data collection practices. This presentation covers privacy, a few example terms of service, data collection, along with a discussion on the amount of time it would take (estimated) to read. Understanding TOS agreements empowers you. Additionally, there is a pending bill in the United States to simplify terms of service. This will also be discussed.

Marcia K. Wilbur is a GNU Linux AIoT developer, author, and advocate with a focus on security and privacy. While pursuing a degree in computer science, she participated in DVD-Discuss at Harvard's Berkman Center for Internet and Society, collaborating on case topics and an amicus brief related to DeCSS. In 2002-2003, serving as an intern, she was an advisory committee member for the Free Software Foundation's digital speech project, moving to writing the DMCA FAQs for the EFF blog in 2003. Recently, she spoke at Yale Law School about copyright, surveillance, privacy and rights.