RE: OT legal stuff

2009-06-11 Thread Andy Matthews
You might also force the user to type their initials or their name so that it's more than just a mouse click. -Original Message- From: Chad Gray [mailto:cg...@careyweb.com] Sent: Thursday, June 11, 2009 9:48 AM To: cf-talk Subject: OT legal stuff Does anyone know how it is best legally

Re: OT legal stuff

2009-06-11 Thread Alan Rother
I've had really paranoid customers who've had me add an open text field, where the customer was required to type out their full name and then check the "I Agree" box... Not sure it actually makes it anymore "legally binding" but it made my customer happy. I suppose every little thing you can add

Re: OT legal stuff

2009-06-11 Thread Wil Genovese
In addition to what others have said - I always record their IP address that they were using at the time. This usually only come in handy if your legitimate users start flagging no-spam emails as spam in their AOL accounts. We have this happen all the time. A user signs up, checks yes to receiv

RE: OT legal stuff

2009-06-11 Thread Justin Scott
> Does anyone know how it is best legally to record that > a user clicked the check box "I agree to the terms and > privacy policy of this web site"? I think you're over-complicating it. I mean, look at PayPal. When you sign up, there is a checkbox that says "I agree to the terms." You can't c

Re: OT legal stuff

2009-06-11 Thread Toby Tremayne
Best thing you can do is store the data and time of the acceptance, plus a full copy of the terms they agreed to. If the T&Cs on the site change at any point you need to know which ones people agreed to, and whether they need to be asked to agree to new ones. This can be more or less imp