I find myself wondering how far contract law is going to stretch when it comes to non-negotiable contracts where clicking a button to signify acceptance is very likely to not have meaningful consent.
I often wear suspenders, and was shopping online for some new suspenders as my existing ones have worn out.
Hoping to find durable suspenders at a reasonable price I went to Carhartt's website. Where I was greeted with the usual annoying cookies prompt.. combined with a terms and conditions / privacy policy agreement.
Being the legally curious and somewhat literate sort I went to read the T&C before agreeing.
It was impossible to do so because the T&C acceptance modal appeared over the T&C document (and all other pages pages there). It blocked expansion of the various T&C sections. Meaning, from a strict and favorable to Carhartt standpoint (the sort their lawyers are likely to take) one must agree to the contract in order to read the contract. The T&C includes a binding arbitration agreement.
Not shopping there.
I often wear suspenders, and was shopping online for some new suspenders as my existing ones have worn out.
Hoping to find durable suspenders at a reasonable price I went to Carhartt's website. Where I was greeted with the usual annoying cookies prompt.. combined with a terms and conditions / privacy policy agreement.
Being the legally curious and somewhat literate sort I went to read the T&C before agreeing.
It was impossible to do so because the T&C acceptance modal appeared over the T&C document (and all other pages pages there). It blocked expansion of the various T&C sections. Meaning, from a strict and favorable to Carhartt standpoint (the sort their lawyers are likely to take) one must agree to the contract in order to read the contract. The T&C includes a binding arbitration agreement.
Not shopping there.