Once one company gets away with it, the rest follow.

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    It was on display in the bottom of a locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying ‘Beware of the Leopard’.

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      I don’t have the OP’s original source code, but I’m betting the “here” hyperlink leads right to the page I posted. So probably not quite hidden, but “you have to click on the one thing we’re give you to click on to have more information”

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        I was just quoting the Hitchhiker’s Guide.

        Sure, you can technically opt out, but Displate is counting on users glossing over the possibility until they have a reason to want to opt out at which point it will be too late (i.e. they want to sue or take them to small claims court or whatever).

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          I was just quoting the Hitchhiker’s Guide.

          First, keep doing that.

          but Displate is counting on users glossing over the possibility until they have a reason to want to opt out at which point it will be too late

          Of course they are, but there are options (not quite hidden) for users to combat this by opting out. The vast majority of people won’t read it, and won’t opt out.

          I really would like laws that prevent this type of language though. That’s about the extent of my knowledge on the subject. So long, and thanks for all the fish.