Thomas 🔭✨ (@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io)
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Attached: 1 image ⚠️ 23andMe just sent out an email trying to trick customers into accepting a TOS change that will prevent you from suing them after they literally lost your genome ro thieves. Do what it says in the email and email arbitrationoptout@23andme.com that you do not agree with the new terms of service and opt out of arbitration. If you have an account with them, do this right now. Here’s an email template for what to write: https://www.patreon.com/posts/94164861

23andMe just sent out an email trying to trick customers into accepting a TOS change that will prevent you from suing them after they literally lost your genome ro thieves.

Do what it says in the email and email arbitrationoptout@23andme.com that you do not agree with the new terms of service and opt out of arbitration.

If you have an account with them, do this right now.

Here’s an email template for what to write: https://www.patreon.com/posts/94164861

  • Siddhartha-Aurelius@kbin.social
    61·
    11 months ago

    I once successfully defended myself from a lawsuit by invoking a previous TOS. The court allowed me to choose any version of the TOS that benefited me the most. It was akin the doctrine in contract law that ambiguity is always found to be detrimental to the drafter of the contract.

    • HarkMahlberg@kbin.social
      3·
      11 months ago

      the doctrine in contract law that ambiguity is always found to be detrimental to the drafter of the contract.

      Anywhere to read more about this?

      • Siddhartha-Aurelius@kbin.social
        1·
        11 months ago

        I wish I could give you a source but I recall this from college almost 20 years ago. If you read into “contract law” you will arrive there pretty quickly. It’s one of the main principles