Comments on: Court Rules that Online Contracts Cannot Be Unilaterally Changed by One Party http://www.theinternetpatrol.com/court-rules-that-online-contracts-cannot-be-unilaterally-changed-by-one-party Internet Safety, Windows Updates, Internet News, and More Sat, 30 Aug 2008 09:55:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Smith http://www.theinternetpatrol.com/court-rules-that-online-contracts-cannot-be-unilaterally-changed-by-one-party#comment-130717 Smith Tue, 31 Jul 2007 20:34:26 +0000 http://www.theinternetpatrol.com/court-rules-that-online-contracts-cannot-be-unilaterally-changed-by-one-party#comment-130717 Credit cards and banks have used implied consent for years. They send you notice of the change and say that if you remain a customer after X date, you're consenting to the change. So does this mean that the only change in behavior required of online services is notification, or will the whole passive consent thing that on and offline companies use now (implied consent via not taking action to cancel or protest) be thrown out? Hmmmm? Credit cards and banks have used implied consent for years. They send you notice of the change and say that if you remain a customer after X date, you’re consenting to the change.

So does this mean that the only change in behavior required of online services is notification, or will the whole passive consent thing that on and offline companies use now (implied consent via not taking action to cancel or protest) be thrown out? Hmmmm?

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