2manycarls
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I don't understand how it's legal for any company - although I'm referring to online companies, businesses, and websites here - to deny accountability for the safety of their products or user information just by putting a disclaimer somewhere deep in their Terms and Conditions, and their only response to that is one of 'well, just don't use our services then.'
I've had my personal information stolen from multiple websites now, and they claim no responsibility for the information they force a person to use to participate in those services. For instance, I recently had my information stolen from a gaming website (XXX), which provides online games to download and play. They force a person to use a valid email to create an account in order to download and play their games. I tried one of their games, didn't like it, and shortly thereafter received an email notice from their site that my account information had been hacked by someone in Russia! I tried to reach out to the company, asking them to terminate my account, and never received a response. I tried to use a link in the email provided to unsubscribe to their emails (which they sent multiple, presumably anytime whoever hacked my account used it), but it's a broken link. I researched the website specifically, and it's widely known that the gaming accounts on their website are vulnerable (reddit thread where many people had their account information stolen), yet somehow, because of a simple two sentences of legal-ese buried deeply in their Terms and Conditions, they have no responsibility to the security of users' personal information.
How and why is this legal?
I've had my personal information stolen from multiple websites now, and they claim no responsibility for the information they force a person to use to participate in those services. For instance, I recently had my information stolen from a gaming website (XXX), which provides online games to download and play. They force a person to use a valid email to create an account in order to download and play their games. I tried one of their games, didn't like it, and shortly thereafter received an email notice from their site that my account information had been hacked by someone in Russia! I tried to reach out to the company, asking them to terminate my account, and never received a response. I tried to use a link in the email provided to unsubscribe to their emails (which they sent multiple, presumably anytime whoever hacked my account used it), but it's a broken link. I researched the website specifically, and it's widely known that the gaming accounts on their website are vulnerable (reddit thread where many people had their account information stolen), yet somehow, because of a simple two sentences of legal-ese buried deeply in their Terms and Conditions, they have no responsibility to the security of users' personal information.
How and why is this legal?
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