April 16, 2014
Last month, the Federal District Court in Brooklyn, N.Y., decided a case involving a dispute between a purchaser and a company providing information reports online. As reported by Eric Goldman in his Technology & Marketing Law Blog, the case of Scherillo v. Dun & Bradstreet confirmed that “acknowledgment check boxes” can provide a powerful defense against the claim by an online purchaser that “I didn’t mean it/I didn’t know what I was buying/I didn’t agree to these terms” (choose the lame excuse of your choice). Here’s why that’s so important for online businesses [With apologies to History of the World Part 1]: In the beginning, there was the handshake. That’s what sealed a deal. Then, you had stone carvings. Sealed wax on parchment. As literacy became more prevalent, people signed written agreements. With fax machines, acceptance of fax signatures (that is, not requiring original ink on the document) grew. So in this brave new Internet Age, how can you make sure that both sides truly agree to the terms when there isn’t actually a document…
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