Website "Terms and Conditions": What Are We Agreeing To?

The Social Network Show welcomes back Law Professor Nancy Kim to talk about the "Terms and Conditions" that we agree to when we visit a website.

How many of us click on the "I Agree" button on a website without reading the "Terms and Conditions" of that website? Professor Kim talks about these non-traditional, non-negotiable online "contracts" (Wrap contracts) and why we agree to their conditions. It is virtually impossible these days to be on the internet without agreeing to the terms and conditions of each website, so hear what Professor Kim says about what we can do as consumers to protect ourselves. Listen to the show to hear what happened with General Mills and Instagram when they changed their "Terms of Use" and how the consumers responded. Hear her talk about what privacy policies do and who is tracking us.

Nancy Kim is a professor of Law at California Western School of Law, Visiting Professor at the Rady School of Management at University of California, San Diego (UCSD), Chair of the Contracts Section of the Association of American Law Schools and a past member of its Executive Committee of the Internet and Computer Law Section. She is also an elected member of the American Law Institute. Professor Kim is the author of Wrap Contracts: Foundations and Ramifications (Oxford University Press, 2013) which focuses on how contracts affect and control online behavior.

Before working in academia, Professor Kim worked for several technology companies and two major law firms. She has published many articles and essays and her name has appeared in the Boston Globe, slate.com, the San Diego Union Tribune, and the Sacramento Bee, just to name a few. She is also a Contributing Editor to the Contracts Law Prof Blog, which is the official blog of the AALS section on Contracts.

You can read more about Professor Kim at California Western School of Law