The Small Print Project                                       

So says the Terms of Service on the Boston School of Electrolysis (for Permanent Hair Removal) Web site.

The basic demands of this TOS:

In your request you must submit a legal photo-identification (Drivers license or passport), a valid social security number, a resume with three personal and business references with your legal address of your business and your landline telephone number that you can be reached at without undue delay.

If you do not following these guidelines — “You will be named as a Cyber Pirate aka a person of ill repute.” [emph. added]

I look forward to hearing from them.

(Thanks to Kitty for the suggestion)

Readers: please comment and feel free to contribute your own tale of EULA/waiver/consent astonishment via email or this form.

(and no, I didn’t even think about getting clearance before posting the above).

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The following examples are tucked deep within EULAs (End User Licensing Agreements) and are easily overlooked despite their potential impact on consumer use.

Help this project grow: provide your juiciest examples — good and bad — on our form, comments section, or via e-mail.

We Can Delete All the Movies We Sell You
Amazon Unbox: (View Terms).
Section 9(c): “If Amazon changes any part of the Service or modifies license terms… you acknowledge that you may not be able to access, view, or use Digital Content in the same manner as prior to such changes, and you agree that Amazon shall have no liability to you in such case.”

Installation on Certain Computers May Result in NOTHING Working
Windows Vista Operating System: (view PDF)
“You may use the software installed on the licensed device within a virtual (or otherwise emulated) hardware system. If you do so, you may not play or access content or use applications protected by any Microsoft digital, information or enterprise rights management technology or other Microsoft rights management services….”

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