Are You An Online Guinea Pig?

The Social Network Show welcomes the return of Professor Nancy Kim to the August 22, 2014 episode.

Nancy Kim, a professor of Law and Chair of the Contract Section of the Association of American Law Schools tells us the good and bad news about the "Terms of Use" agreements that we sign when we become users of a social network or other websites. Hear what she says about a particular case of a couple being fined for posting a negative review; hear how some companies are using their Terms of Use agreements to participate in "questionable" business practices; hear how we are being treated like guinea pigs by some social networks; hear about what Nancy thinks about how some social networks are powerful enough to change social norms; hear about how we could be manipulated in a way that we are not aware of.

Nancy Kim is a professor of Law at California Western School of Law, Visiting Professor at the Rady School of Management at University of California, San Diego (UCSD), Chair of the Contracts Section of the Association of American Law Schools and a past member of its Executive Committee of the Internet and Computer Law Section. She is also an elected member of the American Law Institute. Professor Kim is the author of Wrap Contracts: Foundations and Ramifications (Oxford University Press, 2013) which focuses on how contracts affect and control online behavior.

Before working in academia, Professor Kim worked for several technology companies and two major law firms. She has published many articles and essays and her name has appeared in the Boston Globe, slate.com, the San Diego Union Tribune, and the Sacramento Bee, just to name a few. She is also a Contributing Editor to the Contracts Law Prof Blog, which is the official blog of the AALS section on Contracts.

You can read more about Professor Kim at California Western School of Law and connect with her on LinkedIn