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[美洲] PayPal agreement is longer than Hamlet, while iTunes beats Macbeth
To read, or not to read... the terms and conditions: PayPal agreement is longer than Hamlet, while iTunes beats Macbethtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb! G: Z2 L; V7 Q; c8 T. Y
" y+ u, u; c$ Q: b* e: _公仔箱論壇Which? slams websites for making users agree to small print up to 36,275 words long TVBNOW 含有熱門話題，最新最快電視，軟體，遊戲，電影，動漫及日常生活及興趣交流等資訊。# n- y5 s* o6 k' o' a9 U. ~2 J
Watchdog lists the worst culprits and calls for changes9 T2 N2 i! ?- ?9 U+ H/ s! M z5 U
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By Tom Gardner
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A consumer watchdog has launched a scathing attack on websites which make users agree to terms and conditions that can be tens of thousands of words long.公仔箱論壇5 G# G1 t9 h3 D2 r
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Which? said it was 'unreasonable' to expect people to wade through pages of legal jargon, then tick a box to say they have read and understood the small print.
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It has produced a list of the worse offending sites - where T&Cs, as they are known, are longer than some of Shakespeare's classics.
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& c' g% W( l9 }0 K公仔箱論壇Tough read: PayPal's terms and conditions stretched to 36,275 words - more than Shakespeare's classic Hamlet
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6 r. l! }/ L: w9 k2 {tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbLeading website PayPal topped the chart by containing more words than Hamlet. 公仔箱論壇+ ?, _- C; i9 T6 S7 e3 [
1 L0 c# o5 y, ?7 }8 FThe terms on Apple’s iTunes page is longer than Macbeth, according to the research.
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+ r8 ~3 Q( i; z$ J: T5 a/ o( MA spokesman for Which? said: ‘We think it’s unreasonable to ask people to read prohibitively long T&Cs before they agree to use a service.
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; s1 [" O+ p8 Q公仔箱論壇‘A slicker solution is needed, where websites flag up the most important parts of their T&Cs to consumers.’
9 v# B3 T9 ~7 H q7 \2 D9 x' itvb now,tvbnow,bttvbAmazon, Google, Facebook and Windows also have enough words to fill a small novel yet expect them to be read as part of their contract with the customer.公仔箱論壇: r- h d _- C w7 k1 l
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It includes around 9,200 words on its privacy policy and the rest split on its shipping services policy, billing agreement and terms of acceptable use.公仔箱論壇1 `6 a3 @; U# t' ?( b* Z$ R
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Hamlet has 30,066 words including the famous To Be Or Not To Be soliloquy and the moving ‘goodnight sweet prince’ speech at the end.
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Feat of endurance: Reading every word of PayPal's terms and conditions would require considerable stamina
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Tragedy: Some terms and conditions would take longer to read than Shakespeare's Hamlet
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A TOUGH READ: NUMBER OF WORDS IN T&CS
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8 i8 Z- k" ~& M: @2 HHamlet: 30,066 公仔箱論壇0 W1 ]2 L4 {" z( y. G1 c. N* G
Apple iTunes: 19,972 . {; M- A$ Q R( A' n! T- {
Macbeth: 18,110 公仔箱論壇 [# i" l# H1 I; F
Windows Live: 14,714
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Facebook: 11,195 5.39.217.76' k) P- i E2 i: I
Google (inc Books/Chrome/Wallet): 10,640 4 X* t/ N$ P4 X3 Z7 d/ V4 w" V
Apple iCloud: 10,724
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Twitter: 4,445 公仔箱論壇6 M) }0 @1 j' d( a( L
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Apple’s iTunes has a total of 19,972 words telling users what they can and can’t do while Macbeth runs to 18,100 in comparison, said Which?# X+ c- S2 \7 P2 ~: h" R
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For those who also want to use Apple iCloud then there are another 10,724 words to read through.
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And before signing up to Apple’s iOS operating system, users are expected to read a further T&C folder containing 13,366 words.) v1 X! Y. L' g0 s3 M
Others are not as bad but still have too many words to expect the average user to read them all, said Which?
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This includes Google which has 10,640 words in a new single policy and terms box which covers all its services including Chrome and Walet.
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