Tos;DR (Terms of Service; Didn't Read)
"Terms of Service; Didn't Read" (short: ToS;DR) is a project started in June 2012 to help fix the "biggest lie on the web": almost no one really reads the terms of service we agree to all the time.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
EUPlatforms
- Mac
- Online
- iPhone
- Microsoft Edge
- Vivaldi
- Google Chrome
- Safari
- Tor
- Opera
- Brave
- Mozilla Firefox
- Android
- F-Droid
Features
Properties
- Privacy focused
- Lightweight
Features
- Browser extension
- Dark Mode
- No registration required
- Ad-free
- No Tracking
Tags
- terms-of-service
- Privacy Protection
- eula
- terms-of-use
- Android Applications
- tos-ratings
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What is Tos;DR (Terms of Service; Didn't Read)?
Terms of Service; Didn't Read (ToS;DR) is an active project to fix the biggest lie on the web. We help you understand the Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policies of websites.
Terms of service are often too long to read, but it's important to understand what's in them. Your rights online depend on them. Get informed about your rights by installing the browser extension for Firefox, Chrome, Opera or Safari.
Examples:
- Very broad copyright license on your content -> No promise to inform about government requests
- Facebook automatically shares your data with many other services
- Transparency on law enforcement requests
- You can give your feedback before changes
- No pseudonym allowed -> (more info on the forum)
- Google can use your content for all their existing and future services
- Limited copyright license to operate and improve all Google Services
- Inform about data requests
- Google posts notice of changes, with a 14-day ultimatum.
- Transparency on law enforcement requests -> Partial archives of their terms are available -> Jurisdiction in California -> (more info on the forum)
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A much needed and helpful service. Most big tech companies seem to make their Terms of Service very hard to read. That's why Tos;DR is so useful. Because unpaid contributors do have to make most of the summaries, there are a lot of the Terms of Service for smaller companies/apps that aren't in the database. That being said, Tos;DR is very good at simplifying the Terms of Service for many different apps and services.
Very helpful servise!
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It could be useful, but it appears to be limited in scope. I tried searching for Notion or TickTick and got either no answer or an inadequate one.
TOS;DR may sound useful but it's now obsolete since most terms of service have become more readable. It's best to read the official TOS instead of third-party resources.
But most people aren't going to cover the nook and corner of every service they sign-up for. TOSDR provides a brief summary of what you are about to get yourself into. Generating awareness is more important than convincing yourself that every person is as big of a nerd as you are.
Just check it out, great simplification of TOS!