KFTC Says Adsense Contract Unfair

The Korean Free Trade Commission has found that Google's Adsense contract is unfair, since it allows Google to cancel an Adsense account for any reasons it wants. Presumably, this is the part of the Google Adsense Terms and Conditions that they don't like:

Google may investigate any activity that may violate this Agreement. Google may at any time, in its sole discretion, terminate all or part of the Program, terminate this Agreement, or suspend or terminate the participation of any Site in all or part of the Program for any reason.

And I have to admit that despite being a big fan of Google, and a happy Adsense publisher and Adwords advertiser, that I don't like that part of the T&C, either.

I understand that they need to be able to get rid of people who break their rules. But they also need to make sure they aren't terminating people who've done nothing wrong. Or who've unintentionally broken their Terms. Or whatever. Having had my Adsense account terminated, I can say that it only took a reasonably quick exchange of emails with the Adsense Policy Enforcement Team to sort it all out and get my account reinstated. But I know it doesn't work out that well for everybody, and it will be A Good Thing if Google improves the terms of Adsense agreement for everybody, not just their members in Korea.


via The Register