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Do You Read Terms of Service? Maybe You Should

How do we know what we're reading, much less agreeing to?

From theΒ GVU Center at Georgia TechΒ 

If you're like a majority of web users, it's easy to skim or skip the Terms of Service (ToS) agreement. How do we know what we're reading, much less agreeing to? In an attempt to understand the personal effects of ToS, Amy Bruckman and Ph.D. candidate, Casey Fiesler, from the College of Computing, surveyed ToS on popular websites like Facebook, LinkedIn and others. It turns out, you may be giving away more than you think.

This infographic, created by theΒ GVU Center at Georgia Tech, will help you understand the full research (foundΒ here) on what you're giving away to online services. To find out more about this research, visit theΒ 2014 CHI ConferenceΒ website.

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