> Does anyone know how it is best legally to record that > a user clicked the check box "I agree to the terms and > privacy policy of this web site"?
I think you're over-complicating it. I mean, look at PayPal. When you sign up, there is a checkbox that says "I agree to the terms." You can't create an account without checking it, so if they have an account, logically, they must have agreed to the terms. Just make a note of the time when the account was created. As for updates to the terms, I've never had to "re-agree" to their terms. The terms have a clause that say where updates will be posted, and how they will notify me (usually by a notice on their web site). As the user, it is my responsibility to keep up-to-date with the terms after they have "notified" me about a change. If I continue using the site after the new terms go into affect, then I implicitly agree to the updates. I once worked on a site once where they made this into a huge issue. A full copy of the terms were stored with every account, and any time they made any changes, the user had to be shown a new copy, agree to the new terms, have another full copy stored, etc. Instead of a checkbox, they had to type their name into a text box that was placed within a line that said something like, "I, [text field], agree to the terms of service as listed above, yadda yadda..." It was a nightmare and the users complained about it regularly. Don't make it more complicated than it needs to be unless you have a really compelling legal reason to do so (like, your site handles nuclear waste shipments or something). -Justin ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Want to reach the ColdFusion community with something they want? Let them know on the House of Fusion mailing lists Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/message.cfm/messageid:323396 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.4
