ABA Journal News

February 21, 2019

"Sign-up terms and conditions on the most popular U.S. websites have an average readability level on par with articles in academic journals, according to a study by two law professors.

The professors used two readability tests to review “sign-in-wrap contracts” that consumers are required to accept before they sign up for the websites. Out of 500 agreements studied, 498 fell below the recommended readability score for consumer-related information, Motherboard reports."

http://www.abajournal.com/news/article/the-vast-majority-of-website-user-agreements-fall-below-readability-recommendations-study-finds