Questions tagged [digital-contract]
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In fine print: Refund Policy
Please accept my apology if this should be posted on English Stack Exchange or elsewhere.
I would like to take a person/organization to small claims court for not providing a refund. They ignore my ...
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Can I set additional terms of service for "my" page on a third-party service?
A lot of web sites, like Github or Facebook, have terms of service for the platform as a whole but also let me publish stuff on pages that I have some control over. I can post a README file on my ...
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Can a manufacturer make using a product purchased secondhand constitute accepting a contract?
Say I buy a physical product secondhand from an individual for cash, with no particular terms attached to the transaction.
Then, say I visit the manufacturer's web site, and encounter a terms of ...
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Terms of Service and Adversarially Interoperable Apps
Applications like NewPipe and Geddit seem to be becoming more popular. These applications are "adversarially interoperable": they work with and can display content from large services such ...
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Software to block contracts
Many websites offer contracts to their visitors by "browse-wrap" (making an offer by notice, where not not using the site signals acceptance) or click-wrap (making an offer where clicking &...
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Are digital signatures enforceable (legally binding) across the EU?
While setting up an account with an online service I was told by support that I cannot complete the application because the country I'm based in has not enacted legislation accepting electronic ...
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Are social media TOS invalid because lack of due process and mutuality creates an unenforceable illusory contract?
Generally speaking, the TOS of social media platforms share certain common features.
They do not give the user the right to any "due process." If the platform wishes to cancel, block or ...
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How it is proven that an e-mail or text message (SMS) was not forged by the recipient?
Here, it was said that a text message is legally binding. But I am interesting in that what would happen when the sender says that the message was not sent by them. It is not a challenging problem to ...
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Is there any legal reason to use paid e-signature services anymore?
E-signature services like Docusign, HelloSign, esignatures.io, PandaDoc, signNow, etc. all offer services with unique features.
But is there any legal purpose for using them?
For example, one can ...
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What are the parameters of the statutory buyer's remorse refund period for online purchases?
Do they apply to purchases of services as well as of goods?
For such purposes, what constitutes an online purchase? Must it be automatically accepted card payment, or does a discussion with a service ...
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Has a smart contract ever been enforced by a court?
Is there any precedent for a so-called "smart contract" ever being enforced in a court of law anywhere in the world?
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As per @David Siegel, this is not a duplicate with this question:
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How to refer to an unknown signer, in the parties section of an agreement
Have an agreement that will be signed by someone but we want to reuse the agreement and not edit each time to add the signers name.
My question is how can I refer to the signer at the top of the ...
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If I copied an agreement and sent it as an email and had someone reply with the fields and "I agree" would it be a valid contract?
Have been getting agreements(contracts) signed electronically using Sites like Hello Sign and Docusign, but the problem is people do not always view the agreement, and then it does not get signed.
My ...
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How can a person legally create a site to download an app and profit from the site?
Does a site operator need a permission from the app owner by a contract or something like that to run a site where people pay for and download apps? If this is true how can someone get such permission?...
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Why are Amazon and other vendors allowed to say "buy" an ebook or other digital asset when it is actually a license?
Amazon offers you the opportunity to buy a Kindle book. But you are clearly not buying, rather licensing, as they make quite clear.
This seems like false advertising; or alternately that a customer ...
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