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Thomas 🔭✨ (@thomasfuchs@hachyderm.io) 23andMe just sent out an email trying to trick customers into accepting a TOS change that will prevent you from suing them after they literally lost your genome (hachyderm.io)

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23andMe just sent out an email trying to trick customers into accepting a TOS change that will prevent you from suing them after they literally lost your genome ro thieves.

Do what it says in the email and email arbitrationoptout@23andme.com that you do not agree with the new terms of service and opt out of arbitration.

If you have an account with them, do this right now.

Here’s an email template for what to write: https://www.patreon.com/posts/94164861

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[-] Siddhartha-Aurelius@kbin.social 69 points 9 months ago

I once successfully defended myself from a lawsuit by invoking a previous TOS. The court allowed me to choose any version of the TOS that benefited me the most. It was akin the doctrine in contract law that ambiguity is always found to be detrimental to the drafter of the contract.

[-] agent_flounder@lemmy.world 19 points 9 months ago

🦆 yeah! That's awesome! Kudos to you for prevailing.

[-] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 21 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

Contracts are way less enforceable in courts then the writers would hope. Basically the enforceable parts are payment and performance and anything directly related to that. Once you start adding clauses that are outside of that realm they become more and more of a waste of ink.

[-] Siddhartha-Aurelius@kbin.social 3 points 9 months ago

You’re right. I just want to add the proper terms for people to search for in case this information helps them. The main matters considered in contract law are “consideration and performance”. Happy hunting y’all. Take down these corporations that do not care for you.

[-] Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 3 points 9 months ago

Yes, payment isn't necessary, it's just that consideration is payment 99% of the time for the average Joe, to the point where the first definition of consideration is "payment or money" but there are certainly contracts out there where it isn't money.

[-] Siddhartha-Aurelius@kbin.social 1 points 9 months ago

You’re right. I only wanted to include the search term for anyone wanting to pursue this on their own. I think it is better to search the proper term and build knowledge from there than to summarize it and hope laymen understand the underlying principles.

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