The Netflix price increase went into effect at the beginning of September. It proved to be very unpopular with subscribers as many decided to cancel their DVD plans in favor of unlimited streaming. Some Netflix members had to deal with another change that irritated them further. Netflix was believed to start enforcing how many streams can enabled at the same time.

Facebook today has made radical changes to it’s terms and conditions regarding IP content ( like photos and videos). As of today, Facebook is pulling back the privacy settings on IP content allowing them to be seen by the world. As of late, Facebook has struggled to maintain a grip on allowing marketers access to more »

Twitter has just announced a change to their terms of service and in an effort to keep users in the know, sent out an email notification with links to the new ToS. This is impressive since most sites post new terms of service without ensuring that users know about potentially important changes. The most significant more »

If you’ve ever signed up for an account at a site like Flickr or Amazon, you are familiar with terms of service and privacy policies. Every site you can create an account with has both. You can’t get an account without agreeing to them, but how many of us actually read them or pay attention more »

Facebook has long been the bane of those who value their own privacy over anything else, even if their friends would be the only ones who would see anything. There’s been a misconception among some of those people that people on Facebook don’t value their privacy or the ownership of anything they post on the site. If nothing else, the recent Terms of Service that were instituted for a week and taken down have proven that’s not the case.

For those not in the know, the recent Terms of Service basically had clauses that said Facebook owned everything put on the site, ever, even if it was taken down. Turns out, that annoyed some of the users just a bit, and after a flood of negative comments and groups about the ToS, Facebook reverted back to the old rules. They’ve also decided to add a bit of democracy to the site, so, if nothing else, we have only our fellow users and ourselves to blame if we disagree with any policy changes to the site.