Dropbox adds forced arbitration clause to Terms of Service...

So if you want to keep your rights to sue the company if something goes wrong, you'd better fill in the opt out form linked later in the post. From their Terms:

https://www.dropbox.com/terms2014

As this article points out, it's a rather worringly move:

http://consumerist.com/2014/02/21/d...itration-bandwagon-but-offers-online-opt-out/

So yeah, if you have a Dropbox account and want to maintain your consumer rights, fill in the form linked below and submit it.

https://www.dropbox.com/arbitration_optout

 

What could you conceivably sue them over? You should never assume data you upload to someone else's site is either safe nor private.

Class action lawsuits only benefit the attorneys- Most should be outlawed altogether.

That article talks about justice? Ha... What is the justice when a class action is brought up against a giant company- a million people receive a $5 credit and the lawyers who argued it receive $2 million in cash? It's total bullshit- all the lawyers did was waste the court's time and the company's money- costs that will be 100% passed back to the consumer anyway.

 

I'm not American. As a result, I'd like it if any disagreements (not as if there will be any, Dropbox has been a really good service so far) went through a UK court rather than a US one.

That's one reason I don't care for these agreements. I pretty much despise the US legal system.

 

I'm not familiar with how international litigation would begin to work in a case like this. If Drop Box has no employees or assets in a certain country I don't see how that country could do anything to them nor why Drop Box would choose to be judged by a foreign court. I do understand your reasoning on why you would prefer it- but then may I suggest you start your own Drop Box like company in your own country and you would have a strong advantage in the local market.

 

These rules are not fair for the users. These should be removed from the site.