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by lelandfe 5 days ago
You must check a checkbox in agreement to continue. To read the policies one agrees to, an internet connection is required. You may check the checkbox without reading.

As far as I have found from a lot of menu spelunking, this agreement is irrevocable. If I ever go online, it will be used.

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That's the kind of thing that doesn't always hold up in court.
The reality is, no one is going to take the companies to court over things like this.
Disney eventually walked it back due to bad PR, but this did happen: https://wdwnt.com/2024/08/disney-dismissal-wrongful-death-la...
That has very little in common with 99.999+% of people who don't experience a tragedy like that and just have their data used against them.