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of major Internet sites and services. Each aspect of a TOS or privacy policy is assessed as positive, negative, or neutral. Services are graded from A (best) to E (worst) once a comprehensive list of cases has been reviewed by
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The project was founded in June 2012 by Hugo Roy, programmer Michiel de Jong, and designer
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Website tracking other websites' legal documents and layperson opinions about such
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Several sources of inspiration have been noted for ToS;DR, including
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tosdr.org
CC BY-SA 3.0
terms of service
privacy policies
volunteer
curators
too long; didn't read
Jan-Christoph Borchardt
browser extension
Google Chrome
Microsoft Edge
Apple Safari
Mozilla Firefox
Opera
Creative Commons
EU energy efficiency ratings
Aza Raskin


"About - Terms of Service; Didn't Read"
"Terms of Contribution - Terms of Service; Didn't Read"
"ToS;DR website translates terms of service agreements into English"
Wired
the original
"ToS;DR reads the terms of service so you don't have to"
The Verge
"ToS;DR Is a One-Stop Shop for Webapp Terms of Service Ratings"
Lifehacker

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