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Tax policy think tank founder was curious if disclaimers' fine print was being read

LEILA FADEL, HOST:

Good morning. I'm Leila Fadel. Do you ever read the fine print? You know, those long disclaimers found on just about everything these days. Well, the founder of a tax policy think tank in the U.K. wanted to find out. Dan Neidle inserted a sentence into the privacy policy on the think tank's website back in February that said, quote, "We will send a bottle of good wine to the first person to read this." He finally heard from someone this month, and he sent them a nice red.

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