Policy Primer - Being aware of Terms of Use

Terms of Use
Image source: Slideshare, 2012

Karen Meyer – 14703694
NET303 – Internet Politics & Power

You are
currently visiting
the Slideshare
website

(or viewing content hosted
by Slideshare)

You have just
agreed to their
Terms of Use


You have just
agreed to their
Terms of Use


EVEN THOUGH YOU MAY HAVE NEVER SEEN
THEM

“BY USING AND/OR VISITING THE
SITE AND/OR LINKING TO ANY
FILE RESIDING ON ANY OTHER
SITE THAT IS ACCESSED VIA THE
SITE, YOU GIVE YOUR ASSENT TO
BOTH THESE TERMS OF SERVICE
AND TO SLIDESHARE'S PRIVACY
POLICY, WHICH IS
INCORPORATED HEREIN BY
REFERENCE.”
- SlideShare (http://www.slideshare.net/terms)

“BY USING AND/OR VISITING THE
SITE AND/OR LINKING TO ANY
FILE RESIDING ON ANY OTHER
SITE THAT IS ACCESSED VIA THE
SITE, YOU GIVE YOUR ASSENT TO
BOTH THESE TERMS OF SERVICE
AND TO SLIDESHARE'S PRIVACY
POLICY, WHICH IS
INCORPORATED HEREIN BY
REFERENCE.”

Just by visiting the site

PLUS

These terms can change at
any time

You won’t be notified

You need to keep checking
them

So what have you agreed to?


So what have you agreed to?

If you are under 13 years of
age –you shouldn’t be here.

Sorry – you’ll need to go

If you are under 18 years of
age –you need to ask a
parent/guardian if you can be
here.

Off you go – we’ll wait for you

If you are over 18 and deemed
competent then you’re good to
go.


You agree you “may find
content objectionable,
inappropriate or offensive”. -
SlideShare (http://www.slideshare.net/terms)

Slideshare takes no
responsibility for content
uploaded to it’s site.

You cannot
use, copy, reproduce, distribute, transmit,
broadcast, display, or otherwise exploit the
presentations for any other purpose


You cannot
broadcast, display, or otherwise exploit the

Without asking Slideshare or
the owner of the presentation
first

However you grant Slideshare
the right to:
broadcast, display, or otherwise exploit your

With a “worldwide, non-
exclusive, royalty-
free, sublicenseable and
transferable license”.

You also grant users of
Slideshare the right to:
broadcast, display, or otherwise exploit your

By giving them a “non-
exclusive license to access
your Submissions through the
Site”.

……..HOLD ON

We just agreed that we
wouldn’t do that…..remember
page 14
You cannot

use, copy, reproduce, distribute, transmit, broadcast, display,
or otherwise exploit the presentations for any other purpose

Without asking Slideshare or the owner of the presentation
first

That’s a little confusing……


If you decide to join Slideshare

You can upload content for
personal or business use


As long is the content is not
“abusive, offensive, harmful,
infringing or spammy”

As long is the content is not
“abusive, offensive, harmful,
infringing or spammy”

?

And you can’t advertise
anything


And you can’t advertise
anything

But you agree Slideshare can
advertise next to your
presentations.

Slideshare does not guarantee
any security of you content


Slideshare does not guarantee
any security of you content

And takes no responsibility if it
is not stored correctly or is
deleted.

You must follow all copyright
laws when submitting content



You cannot publish anything
that is false or misleading



You cannot publish anything
that is false or misleading

Image source: Slideshare, 2012 Or publish anything……

“unlawful, obscene,
defamatory, libelous,
threatening, pornographic,
harassing, hateful, racially or
ethnically offensive, or
encourages conduct that would
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offense, give rise to civil
liability, violate any law, or is
otherwise inappropriate.”

“unlawful, obscene, defamatory
, libelous, threatening, pornogr
aphic, harassing, hateful, racial
ly or ethnically offensive, or
encourages conduct that would
be considered a criminal
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liability, violate any law, or is
Covers pretty much otherwise inappropriate.”
anything – just in
case

But even if you do

Slideshare are in no way liable


“When you are online you
provide information to others at
almost every step of the way.”
- Privacy and the Internet (2008)


When you register with
Slideshare you provide them
with personal details


When you register with
Slideshare you provide them
with personal details

This includes your real name,
address, phone, email

They will not share these
details with third parties without
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They may use it to contact you


You can change it anytime.
But you can’t delete it
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account.

Every time you visit Slideshare
(even if just a visitor) they will
record

Your IP address, browser
type, the webpage you were
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you visit , how long you
visit, and the date and time
you visited.

This is NOT kept with your
name and personal details if
you are a member.


Slideshare MAY share these
details with third parties


An AOL release of this type of
data resulted in people being
able to be identified as a result
of their search content – Barboro & Zeller
(200)

Could this invade your privacy?

This sharing could include
those third parties advertising
on their website


This could mean that you could
have ads targeted towards you
as a specific result of what you
are viewing
- Privacy and the Internet (2008)

Image source: Slideshare, 2012 Are you comfortable with that?

Are you
comfortable with
that ?

References:

Barbaro, M., & Zeller, T. (2006) A Face Is
Exposed for AOL Searcher No. 4417749. New
York Times. Retrieved from
http://w2.eff.org/Privacy/AOL/exhibit_d.pdf

Privacy and the Internet (2008) Travelling in
Cyberspace Safely. Retreived
from http://www.privacyrights.org/fs/fs18-cyb.htm

Slideshare (2012) Terms of Use. Retrieved from
http://www.slideshare.net.terms

Youtube (2012) Terms of Service. Retrieved from
http://www.youtube.com/t/terms

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