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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 Macbeth
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$ b1 L* v$ f9 W3 l/ K6 F* o+ d' u公仔箱論壇Which? slams websites for making users agree to small print up to 36,275 words long
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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.! w" G7 N& N8 A2 d
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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.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。2 S$ I5 _( e! y% e$ P& r
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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.& g/ a; O: L: H0 c
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Tough read: PayPal's terms and conditions stretched to 36,275 words - more than Shakespeare's classic Hamlet
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8 k. s+ u# Y) r: m6 QTVBNOW 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。Leading website PayPal topped the chart by containing more words than Hamlet. 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。4 N. _: ~" o' [. f, Z q
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The terms on Apple’s iTunes page is longer than Macbeth, according to the research.公仔箱論壇. b! k% M: b! ~4 M, D+ o' V
6 a$ K' x* Y& Q0 f3 m2 Y6 A* K公仔箱論壇A 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.5.39.217.767 c6 `" ~: i4 k
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‘A slicker solution is needed, where websites flag up the most important parts of their T&Cs to consumers.’5.39.217.76* T. [* x1 {" e- X( _* D
Amazon, 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.
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# k* y/ L8 l" U公仔箱論壇The worst culprit is PayPal, a secure payment system for internet users, which has a terms and conditions box containing a total of 36,275 words.
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( m* N* H3 r5 c3 G. k6 xtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbIt 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.
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' m' r/ q- j1 I% x# T* r& i- i) [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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb: X' g- a# B9 I# @% } O
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Feat of endurance: Reading every word of PayPal's terms and conditions would require considerable staminaTVBNOW 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。% p3 S3 c: a- x1 l! }, ]+ Q) m5 l
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Tragedy: Some terms and conditions would take longer to read than Shakespeare's Hamlet : c& L4 j2 c% }. n; I( D
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9 x3 q4 Z, N" `3 B, Y- Q/ b公仔箱論壇Weighty tome: Apple's iTunes required users to wade through nearly 20,000 words
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A TOUGH READ: NUMBER OF WORDS IN T&CS公仔箱論壇0 r7 p6 o2 {" V5 m3 V
Paypal: 36,275
. \9 E' z( Z, }& Wtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbHamlet: 30,066 5.39.217.768 `0 `/ w2 g% h8 C
Apple iTunes: 19,972 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb/ d6 ]* t' @( C! M
Macbeth: 18,110
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Apple iOS 5: 13,366
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$ F' ^4 i6 R' ~$ V公仔箱論壇Google (inc Books/Chrome/Wallet): 10,640 6 H/ u' }+ b4 ]* d% C
Apple iCloud: 10,724
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Amazon.co.uk: 5,212
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" c. A; z) f5 D0 l9 z( ]5.39.217.76Apple’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?公仔箱論壇! t: \6 W/ S# l. R3 ]
) ?5 ~" ^8 I. f- bFor those who also want to use Apple iCloud then there are another 10,724 words to read through.
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" V' G; e b) y7 gAnd before signing up to Apple’s iOS operating system, users are expected to read a further T&C folder containing 13,366 words.
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% X6 B) G l+ q6 N2 U P0 l. pThis 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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While using the Amazon website means reading 5,212 words of T&C, using the firm’s Kindle product requires ticking a box to say you’ve read 7,115 words of policy.公仔箱論壇5 ?5 p, o2 l1 K$ |
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