Jason agreed but sometimes its not that we have not read it but acctually we have not understood it. Most of the things can be interpreted in more then one aspects and thats what most of the time is creating problems. When thats done you consider yourself at the mercy of the company and start feeling helpless.
Also i think there should be some regulation as to what info can be collected and therefore what can appear in the terms and conditions. Sometimes you read the T & Cs and it is simply so freaky and yet you badly need a tool to use...what to do.
@shehzadi, this is sad but true. This is why I love it when websites make the users take extra steps such as security questions so that it adds an element of security that a password might lack, forcing the user to secure their information that much more.
@Mary, Very true and of course when something happens to the consumer and it's said that it was in the agreement that they accepted, they always get mad. But, what right do they have to get frustrated when clearly they did not read what they accepted? This happens a lot. Especially in areas like gaming or digital downloads of any kind, really. I confess, I'm guilty of doing this myself, lol.
Yes taimur_tz you are correct. People do have the tendency about keeping the same password of much of their password protected stuff that is to put aside the notion of forgetting the password in hussle and bussel of life. Thats many a time put their secure data at stake. People are aware of this fact but being so busy deny them this leverage.
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