The United States proposes a law to summarize extensive conditions and terms of use

A report by Social Media Today details that, on average, people take 17 minutes to read the terms and Conditions Facebook, 10 minutes on Instagram, 25 minutes on Tinder and more than an hour to read Microsoft. For this reason, and with the intention of reducing the reading time The United States has proposed to summarize them.

According to information provided by the Washington Post a bipartisan group of US lawmakers is working to make users can better understand the terms and conditions when downloading an application or accessing a service.

The project has been called TLDR Law (Too Long, Didn’t Read), which translates into Spanish as “too long, I haven’t read it.” With this, its main objective is summarize the conditions that include the type of personal data they collect.

And despite the fact that this type of information is explained in the terms and conditions, sometimes they are long, technical and complex texts that are difficult for the user to understand. If approved, the TLDR Law will apply to websites and commercial applications. In addition, agencies such as the FTC and prosecutors would be responsible for enforcing the rule.

The idea of ​​shortening the terms and conditions is not innovative. In 2014 a survey revealed that only 7% of users read all the text and in 2017 a study by Deloitte found that users between 18 and 34 years old they accepted the terms without reading. Similarly, another report indicates that on average a user sees 1,462 privacy policies per year.

Additionally, as an example of the app stores the App Store very graphically reveals what data used by apps and games to track and what information can be linked to its users.

Source-larepublica.pe