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Why You Should Read Terms and Conditions

By Patrick Lockerby in The Chatter Box
April 17, 2010

Why You Should Read Terms and Conditions

It seems that most people don't read the T&Cs before they click through to sign up at websites.

The news item below is worth reading as a stark, dark and dire warning against signing away your rights.

http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2010/04/15/online-shoppers-unknowingly...

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