Empirical proof that Terms of Service are "the biggest lie on the Internet"

As one of the few folks who actually read agreements I’m amazed at some of the things included which consumers agree to.

For a long time I declined to obtain an ATM card from my bank because the agreement included a clause to let them impose transaction fees without prior notice.

When my auto insurance company offered potential discounts based on a monitoring device I drilled down through the many agreements only to find that the monitoring service provider required that I hold them harmless from everything–even intentional fraud.

This municipal website has about the strictest terms I’ve seen. By prohibiting its contents to be “retransmitted in any form or by any means” it prohibits the contents from traversing the Internet. http://www.scotchplainsnj.gov/about/

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