UTERMS

The idea behind uTerms is to assist consumer law organizations in ensuring that terms of online services are fair. We are all bound by these agreements ("I have read and accept…"), though we cannot influence their content. For such situations, European Union has put unfair contract terms legislation in place. In theory, consumer law enforcers have competence to challenge businesses who use unbalanced contracts. In practice, there are so many platforms out there, and their contracts so long and so nontransparent, that consumer law organizations simply have not enough resources to check all of them. Hence, the idea to automate at least some tasks in their work. That's why we created uTerms... Hans-W. Micklitz is a Professor of Economic Law at the European University Institute in Florence, Italy. Holder of an ERC Grant 2011-2016 on European Regulatory Private Law, Finland Distinguished Professor of the Academy of Finland 2016-2020. His research interests encompass the transformation of..