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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region Forums‘Liking’ companies on Facebook could give away your right to sue them
http://wonkynewsnerd.com/liking-companies-facebook-give-away-right-sue/General Mills has quietly added fine print alerting consumers that they give up their right to sue the food manufacturer when they download coupons, interact with the company on social media, or enter company-sponsored sweepstakes, the New York Times reported.
These new terms now require consumers who receive anything that could be perceived as a benefit from the company to go through arbitration instead of filing a lawsuit, the paper reported.
In fact, the Times reported, the company made additional changes Tuesday, after a reporter contacted General Mills, suggesting that even a purchase of their products which include Betty Crocker, Bisquick, and Fiber One would bind customers to the new terms.
Weve updated our Privacy Policy, the company wrote in a thin, collapsible bar at the top of its home page. Please note we also have new Legal Terms which require all disputes related to the purchase or use of any General Mills product or service to be resolved through binding arbitration.
These new terms now require consumers who receive anything that could be perceived as a benefit from the company to go through arbitration instead of filing a lawsuit, the paper reported.
In fact, the Times reported, the company made additional changes Tuesday, after a reporter contacted General Mills, suggesting that even a purchase of their products which include Betty Crocker, Bisquick, and Fiber One would bind customers to the new terms.
Weve updated our Privacy Policy, the company wrote in a thin, collapsible bar at the top of its home page. Please note we also have new Legal Terms which require all disputes related to the purchase or use of any General Mills product or service to be resolved through binding arbitration.
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‘Liking’ companies on Facebook could give away your right to sue them (Original Post)
KamaAina
Apr 2014
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frogmarch
(12,153 posts)1. How does GM or any other
company have the authority to set the terms?
WTF is right!
Cirque du So-What
(25,939 posts)2. Interesting
that the words 'Betty Crocker', 'Bisquick,' and 'Fiber One' appear in the same sentence as the word 'bind.'
I am no lawyer, but their statement appears, on its face, to be quite specious. In today's world, with corporate ownership of government - including the courts - who knows how a legal challenge would turn out?
Crunchy Frog
(26,587 posts)3. Can they do that?
I can't imagine it could stand up in court, but I guess anything is possible in the corporate oligarchy.