Research commissioned by Nominet reveals that signing up to even the most basic of online services could mean reading over 20,000 words of contractual agreements.

The study ‘Regulation by Contract’ carried out by the Oxford Internet Institute will be presented at our UK Internet Policy Forum taking place today. It looks at a day in the contractual life of the average UK internet user highlighting how such contracts generally cover similar unacceptable behaviours and positively contribute to a self-governing internet.

The details of the research will be presented by its authors Dr Vicki Nash and Quentin Cregan at Nominet’s UK Internet Policy Forum. The event will also feature an opening address from Lord Richard Allan, Director of Policy at Facebook, as well as a keynote speeches from Vint Cerf, Vice President and Chief Internet Evangelist at Google and Communications Minister Ed Vaizey MP.

You can read an executive summary of the research and the full report here.

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