The shopping lens has a legal issue with Amazon's TOS

Bug #1097517 reported by papukaija
12
This bug affects 2 people
Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
unity-lens-shopping (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
High
Unassigned

Bug Description

A legal issue has been raised in Ubuntu Forums by the user Mr. Picklesworth: http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=12265658&postcount=12 - people under the age of 18 may not use Amazon without parental agreement and alcohol listings have further requirements:

"If you are under 18, you may use the Amazon Services only with involvement of a parent or guardian. Alcohol listings on Amazon are intended for adults. You must be at least 21 years of age to purchase alcohol, or use any site functionality related to alcohol." as specified at http://www.amazon.com/gp/help/customer/display.html/?nodeId=508088 , under the your account section.

Clearly, Ubuntu doesn't prevent minors (or people under 21) to use the shopping lens.

Tags: legal
papukaija (papukaija)
description: updated
Changed in unity-lens-shopping (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → High
Revision history for this message
Launchpad Janitor (janitor) wrote :

Status changed to 'Confirmed' because the bug affects multiple users.

Changed in unity-lens-shopping (Ubuntu):
status: New → Confirmed
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