[LINK] medicare Online Services Conditions of Access and Use

[Jan Whitaker]

At 12:40 PM 11/11/2010, Kim Holburn wrote:
>You only get one choice, to opt in or out.  No negotiation.  You 
>seem to have to agree to not only all these conditions but any that 
>they change or add later whenever.  I don't understand the point or 
>legality of number 10.

This is called bundled consent. It's abhorrent. What you might do is:
print it off
Scratch off the ones you do not consent to.
See what they say.

Unfortunately, online consent forms are often handcuffing to all or 
nothing. I had this problem with Telstra and therefore refuse to buy 
some things from them that require such craziness. They wanted home 
level subscribers to their cable internet service to agree to abide 
by COMMERCIAL laws! It was nonsensical.

Jan



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