Comments on: Google Successfully Amends Adwords Contract to Add Arbitration–AdTrader v. Google https://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2018/04/google-successfully-amends-adwords-contract-to-add-arbitration-adtrader-v-google.htm Wed, 19 Sep 2018 04:40:00 +0000 hourly 1 By: Robin Moore https://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2018/04/google-successfully-amends-adwords-contract-to-add-arbitration-adtrader-v-google.htm#comment-2161 Wed, 19 Sep 2018 04:40:00 +0000 https://blog.ericgoldman.org/?p=18634#comment-2161 Just a quick correction: In your penultimate bullet, you wrote that “[t]he opinion doesn’t mention email notification . . .”, but it does mention it on p. 7 “Google’s email notice and the September 2017 AdWords Agreement make it clear that advertisers can freely opt out of the Dispute Resolution Agreement provision.” The opinion also mentions email notice on pages 1 and 4. Hope that helps!

Also, Google did a nice job future-proofing their opt-out clause by stating that, to opt out, users “must notify Google as set forth below within 30 days of the first acceptance date of any version of these Terms containing an arbitration provision . . . .” By virtue of this language, Google won’t be re-opening the opt-out window with its next update. It’s a subtle point and one that is easy for practitioners to mess up.

]]> By: Randy Lockdall https://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2018/04/google-successfully-amends-adwords-contract-to-add-arbitration-adtrader-v-google.htm#comment-2103 Fri, 27 Apr 2018 01:35:00 +0000 https://blog.ericgoldman.org/?p=18634#comment-2103 Seems that America when it comes to individual rights is going backwards faster than ever. Major corporations, some of which are basically monopolies or oligarchies can simply turned a blind eye to problems by legislating their responsibilities away. False clicks are a perfect example of an issue that seems common on Google, primarily because the same companies and individuals who market Google services, see the Google Adwords customer as a primary target. This is a paradox, difficult to prove anyway, but what billionaires, banks and large corporations and their lawyers do best is protect their own interests. Eventually like a roaring lion they gobble up everything and everyone.

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