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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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Which? slams websites for making users agree to small print up to 36,275 words long
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V2 i* z( ~ C! C+ Btvb now,tvbnow,bttvbBy Tom Gardner
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/ ~) z2 t) x' c/ X- J0 Mtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbA 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.5.39.217.76( b7 \0 [# u5 M: V
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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.( {% j- c! F5 r `$ @' [: O5 Y
. T% @! }1 ~0 d$ L8 l' ?. V/ v/ Ktvb now,tvbnow,bttvbIt 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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Tough read: PayPal's terms and conditions stretched to 36,275 words - more than Shakespeare's classic Hamlettvb now,tvbnow,bttvb5 b [+ o- n) _% H% E5 p5 t
) i# I d1 g8 XLeading 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。# J: p; {; U1 J y
7 X$ |7 e9 [ l# a+ u: c1 \公仔箱論壇The terms on Apple’s iTunes page is longer than Macbeth, according to the research.5.39.217.76! y, o+ I) @, X) r: D) ~
1 g! z% [- o6 h0 `. F0 kA 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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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.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。 K1 g1 j9 Y' o0 p# Q1 d! I
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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. R0 u& f5 y1 e3 d" g
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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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/ @, u) l; O5 N- R1 Ktvb now,tvbnow,bttvbTragedy: Some terms and conditions would take longer to read than Shakespeare's Hamlet
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Weighty tome: Apple's iTunes required users to wade through nearly 20,000 words
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Paypal: 36,275 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。( f; X. n8 \2 F4 c& [. J c [
Hamlet: 30,066
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Macbeth: 18,110
; |# \+ z- f' _& P, ]9 b, W公仔箱論壇Windows Live: 14,714
& S' L9 E ? q; f7 [5.39.217.76Apple iOS 5: 13,366 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 {) o7 L' S$ e$ x0 `, _
Facebook: 11,195 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb6 z3 e' B y5 ?1 N
Google (inc Books/Chrome/Wallet): 10,640
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' I u7 F' o1 G& h2 t+ Z& Otvb now,tvbnow,bttvbAmazon Kindle: 7,115 5.39.217.76; a7 y- Q1 n# I: D& y
Amazon.co.uk: 5,212 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb; P# v2 b4 k' V/ O1 a
Twitter: 4,445 公仔箱論壇! E6 ^4 U- @, y7 w4 H3 v2 p' u
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。7 E, s v* n3 L
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?
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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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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.公仔箱論壇) i0 X- `- ]- E
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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.
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