Terms of Service; Didn't Read

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Terms of Service; Didn't Read
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URL tosdr.org
LaunchedJune 2012;13 years ago (2012-06) [1]
Current statusActive
Content license
 CC BY-SA 3.0 [2]

Terms of Service; Didn't Read (ToS;DR) is a community project that aims to analyze and grade the terms of service (TOS) and privacy policies of major Internet sites and services. Each aspect of a TOS or privacy policy is assessed as positive, negative, or neutral. Services are graded from A (best) to E (worst) once a comprehensive list of cases has been reviewed by volunteer curators. [3] [4] [5] The project's name is a play on the phrase too long; didn't read . [1]

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The project was founded in June 2012 by Hugo Roy, programmer Michiel de Jong, and designer Jan-Christoph Borchardt. [6] It was led by Hugo Roy, when he was a law student, [7] from 2012 to 2015. In 2020, the project was revived with a larger team.

The project offers a browser extension for Google Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Apple Safari, Mozilla Firefox and Opera, which shows the grade and a short description of the privacy policy if a website is compatible. [8] [9]

History

Several sources of inspiration have been noted for ToS;DR, including Creative Commons' plain English summaries of licenses, EU energy efficiency ratings, [10] and Aza Raskin's Privacy Icons.[ citation needed ]

References

  1. 1 2 "About - Terms of Service; Didn't Read" . Retrieved 14 April 2023.[ permanent dead link ]
  2. ↑ "Terms of Contribution - Terms of Service; Didn't Read" . Retrieved 14 April 2023.
  3. ↑ Brown, Mark (15 August 2012). "ToS;DR website translates terms of service agreements into English". Wired . Archived from the original on 18 August 2012. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
  4. ↑ Blagdon, Jeff (14 August 2012). "ToS;DR reads the terms of service so you don't have to". The Verge . Retrieved 14 April 2023.
  5. ↑ Klosowski, Thorin (8 August 2012). "ToS;DR Is a One-Stop Shop for Webapp Terms of Service Ratings". Lifehacker . Retrieved 14 April 2023.
  6. ↑ "About Us -- Terms of Service; Didn't Read". Archived from the original on 2020-12-12. Retrieved 2016-09-15.
  7. ↑ Luckerson, Victor (10 August 2012). "Facebook, Google, Others Have Privacy Policies Explained on New Website". Time . Retrieved 14 April 2023.
  8. ↑ "Downloads -- Terms of Service; Didn't Read". tosdr.org. Archived from the original on 9 April 2023. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
  9. ↑ "Terms of Service; Didn't Read: TOS Summaries - gHacks". gHacks . 2017-08-20. Retrieved 14 April 2023.
  10. ↑ Finley, Klint (13 August 2012). "Putting An End To The Biggest Lie On The Internet". TechCrunch . Retrieved 14 April 2023.
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