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So in the past I have agreed to terms of service and privacy agreements and stuff like that w/o reading them, but now I feel bad and I’m not sure what to do. Its hard to make that right.
 
Not really. Just go back and read them, and if you disagree, terminate your account. If you disobeyed the terms, it should be up to the administrators to take enforcement actions. Where is the grave matter? In this?
 
The problem is that I can’t remember all the sites I’ve done this on.
 
My work involves terms of service agreements and privacy agreements. I guarantee you that 99 percent of people don’t read them. Be at peace.
 
Much ado about nothing. If it’s going to bother you, just do it from now on. You can do it retroactively if you hit a site you where you have an account, and you haven’t visited in a long time. It’s good to do anyway, because the terms change from time to time.
 
I don’t think it even matters, to be honest. I doubt anyone including the company who set the terms expects you to read them.
 
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I have at least some doubts that you ever violated any agreement: what makes you think you did?
 
You mean 1% of people actually read them??? 😉

My husband works in IT and I asked him about this once. He explained that what it’s really about is agreements to the terms they set, which you generally won’t violate but you agree that if you do you’ll remedy the situation. It’s usually basic stuff like “Don’t copy this and sell it” but in GREAT detail.

The way I see it when I (admittedly) agree without reading, is that I will use good sense while using the service, treat people with respect if it involves interacting with others, and if I violate the terms as spelled out (even if I didn’t know that they were there) I’ll accept the consequences and/or remedy the error.
 
I only realized recently how bad it was to lie about your age as well, and I’m not really sure how to deal w/ that either.
 
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Delphinus said:
The way I see it when I (admittedly) agree without reading, is that I will use good sense while using the service, treat people with respect if it involves interacting with others, and if I violate the terms as spelled out (even if I didn’t know that they were there) I’ll accept the consequences and/or remedy the error.
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That’s a good way to look at it.

No service provider expects most people using the service to sit there and, in detail, read the TOS or the “click through license” or whatever it is. And most service providers will try to also take other steps to minimize their risk besides just putting up a TOS, the same way a landowner will put a No Trespassing sign but will also lock his buildings and maybe put a fence around his land if he thinks it’s necessary.

They mostly only come into play when someone does something egregiously bad, in order to provide the legal basis necessary for the website owner to take whatever actions it needs to take, such as banning somebody from their services. It’s like posting lands “No Trespassing”; most people won’t trespass because they understand the social rules of not going onto someone else’s private property, and those who do trespass maybe didn’t read the sign, but the law says you need to post the land in order to have a basis to kick out people who do trespass, so it’s posted. Violators who do get punished are also often prevented from suing if they clearly violated some term of access.
 
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I only realized recently how bad it was to lie about your age as well, and I’m not really sure how to deal w/ that either.
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I think you’re freaking out over some very small stuff. If you find yourself really worried about the fine print in ToS agreements and things like that, maybe consider talking to a priest about scrupulosity.
 
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I guarantee you that 99 percent of people don’t read them. Be at peace.
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I think you forgot the “.999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999999” after “99”.

Has any service agreement or privacy statement ever actually been read?

OP: Don’t worry a single second about it.
 
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