Enough of the gobbledygook!

“Kudos to the legislators who are looking out for the average user.”

Tony Pepper, CEO of security vendorEgress, agreed.

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This fact is not lost on the authors of the bill.

The bill lists several requirements to create short-form ToS Summary statements that are easy to understand and machine-readable.

Wrong Approach?

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Not everyone is impressed, though.

“Do lawmakers think that we write terms of service to be extra-long on purpose?”

askedHannah Poteat, Manager and Senior Privacy Counsel atTwilioInc,in a Twitter post.

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“Don’t get me wrong.

I’m all for a summary.