Issue Brief
A few months ago a group of hackers invaded Sony Playstation’s online service MULTIPLE TIMES. The hackers stole user credit cards and other personal data of users. As you can imagine, Sony was sued alleging poor security. Well Sony updated its “Terms of Service” last week and now you can no longer sue Sony for privacy violations.
Welcome to the new type of “Legal Reform”. Companies are now requiring customers sign contracts that waive their rights to sue if you want to use their products. Check out Sony Forces Gamers to Promise They Won’t Sue En-Masse For Hacks on Wired for more.