Terms and Conditions May Apply
{{infobox film
| name = Terms and Conditions May Apply
| image = Terms_and_Conditions_May_Apply.jpg
| caption = Theatrical release poster
| director = Cullen Hoback
| producer = {{Plain list|
- Cullen Hoback
- Nitin Khanna
- John Ramos
}}
| narrator = Cullen Hoback
| music = John Askew
| cinematography = Ben Wolf
| editing = Cullen Hoback
| distributor = Variance Films, Hyrax Films
| released = {{Film date|2013}}
| runtime = 80 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
}}
Terms and Conditions May Apply is a 2013 documentary film that addresses how corporations and the government utilize the information that users provide when agreeing to browse a website, install an application, or purchase goods online. In the film, director/narrator Cullen Hoback discusses the language employed in user-service agreements and how online service providers collect and use users' and customers' information.
The film criticizes companies such as Facebook, Google, and LinkedIn for having poorly worded and misguiding privacy policies/terms of service, which use user-unfriendly language in long documents and allows the companies to collect user information and legally provide it to third-parties.{{cite web|title=Terms and Conditions May Apply: Official Trailer|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vEO9iLWBWvw|website=Youtube.com| date=15 February 2013 |publisher=Hyrax Films}} The film aims to warn people about the risks of clicking "I Agree" after scrolling through pages of uninviting text.
Mark Zuckerberg appears in the film.{{cite news |author=Metz, Nina |date=July 18, 2013 |url=http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/movies/ct-mov-0719-chicago-closeup-20130718,0,4941570.column |title=Chicago Closeup: Terms and Conditions May Apply |work=Chicago Tribune |accessdate=2014-05-25 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140524171502/http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/movies/ct-mov-0719-chicago-closeup-20130718,0,4941570.column |archivedate=May 24, 2014 }}{{cite news|work =The New York Times|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/2013/07/12/movies/terms-and-conditions-may-apply-details-digital-age-loss-of-privacy.html?_r=0|title=Movies: 'Terms and Conditions May Apply' Details Digital-Age Loss of Privacy|accessdate=2014-05-25|date=July 12, 2013}} (paid)
Interviewees
:In alphabetical order:
{{columns-list|colwidth=15em|
- Chris Anderson
- Harvey Anderson
- Margaret Atwood
- danah boyd
- Barrett Brown
- Leigh Bryan
- Ryan Calo
- Orson Scott Card
- Senator Ellen Corbett
- Jamie Court
- Amy Cutler
- Frank Heidt
- Brian Kennish
- Christopher Knight
- Ray Kurzweil
- Brian Lawler
- Joe Lipari
- Moby
- John Palfrey
- Eli Pariser
- Rainey Reitman
- Doug Rushkoff
- Peter Schaar
- Max Schrems
- Jerome Schwartz
- Christopher Shin
- Chris Soghoian
- Ondi Timoner
- Zeynep Tufekci
- Sherry Turkle
- Siva Vaidhyanathan
- Debra Aho Williamson
}}
Reception
The film received a very mixed review at RogerEbert.com, stating among other things; "Hoback's lack of focus is compounded by his tendency to rely on speakers who talk in generalizations."{{Cite web |last=Abrams |first=Simon |title=Terms and Conditions May Apply movie review (2013) {{!}} Roger Ebert |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/terms-and-conditions-may-apply-2013 |access-date=2023-07-01 |website=rogerebert.com/ |language=en}}The Los Angeles Times, on the other hand, explained that "In the brave new world of big data, humor has no value — and privacy is on the extinction watch list."{{Cite web |last=Linden |first=Sheri |date=2013-07-17 |title=Review: 'Terms and Conditions May Apply' explores loss of privacy |url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/moviesnow/la-et-mn-terms-conditions-review-20130717-story.html |access-date=2023-07-01 |website=Los Angeles Times |language=en-US}}
References
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External links
- {{official website|http://tacma.net}} at tacma.net
- {{IMDb title|2084953|Terms and Conditions May Apply}}
Category:2013 documentary films
Category:Documentary films about the Internet
Category:Documentary films about law
Category:2010s English-language films
Category:English-language documentary films
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