Check out this user agreement from Google Alert:
“…This Agreement, your rights and obligations, and all actions contemplated by this agreement shall be governed by the laws of the Gibraltar, as if the Agreement was a contract wholly entered into and wholly performed within Gibraltar. This Agreement will not be governed by the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods.”
Excuse me, Google Alert, do I have to learn the Web laws of tiny Gibraltar before sending you my $10 for email updates?
Google Alert always seemed like good guys to me, but kissing off the United Nations standards for Gibraltar’s sounds unnervingly like one of those maritime “flags of convenience” …