Re:GDPR compliance as a service
by nostrademons on Friday May 04, 2018 @03:54AM
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My initial claim is perhaps a bit too strong. Case law is basically that the unique portions of a T&C or other contract are protected by copyright law, but boilerplate terms that have appeared in lots of different firms' documents are considered public domain.
That's only through section 4, but so far every clause is legal boilerplate except for the first paragraph of section 4, which is unique to ShareKit (and ThreadRadar, another product by the same entrepreneur).
http://pub.bna.com/ptcj/1051462Jan11.pdf
GDPR-shield's original T&C was actually copied from ShareKit, which is another product from the same company:
https://www.sharekit.io/terms
But going paragraph by paragraph down the terms, you get this list of companies, all with the same language:
https://www.google.com/search?q=%22Except+for+certain+kinds+...
https://www.google.com/search?q=%22You+must+be+at+least+%5B1...
https://www.google.com/search?q=%22To+access+most+features+o...
https://www.google.com/search?q=%22The+Service+will+require+...
https://www.google.com/search?q=%22may+seek+pre-authorizatio...
https://www.google.com/search?q=%22The+Service+may+include+a...
https://www.google.com/search?q=%22may%20suspend%20or%20term...
That's only through section 4, but so far every clause is legal boilerplate except for the first paragraph of section 4, which is unique to ShareKit (and ThreadRadar, another product by the same entrepreneur).