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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 Macbeth5.39.217.763 e7 W- i8 z* V% b3 w# b7 T8 G
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Which? slams websites for making users agree to small print up to 36,275 words long
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By Tom Gardner公仔箱論壇4 o- K' B& H& i6 P7 L2 n9 P
5 [$ @# y: q( n$ s- {9 a5.39.217.76A 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.
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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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb( l: L8 c9 U0 i$ K
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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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$ q- `& T+ j0 ]! {3 H5.39.217.76Tough read: PayPal's terms and conditions stretched to 36,275 words - more than Shakespeare's classic Hamlet
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Leading website PayPal topped the chart by containing more words than Hamlet. / c+ x- Q+ \& b- R: g
/ o; k6 F4 n' c- I& D5.39.217.76The terms on Apple’s iTunes page is longer than Macbeth, according to the research.
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; j! r6 w/ U. A6 ^: }8 s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.
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‘A slicker solution is needed, where websites flag up the most important parts of their T&Cs to consumers.’公仔箱論壇' b' ~$ \1 j8 w6 V1 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.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。( m0 @. V& s) C# Y m7 @
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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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb" F; W1 X8 P2 k) t t; w6 I
& J, n" _/ S! [ |% R; `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& [7 q, x6 r5 o4 `7 X
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。: q7 d' O9 U9 [: Z1 u) ~3 \. x
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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/ j: s! [' `( Y q% ^# e& U, k0 y4 D' Btvb now,tvbnow,bttvbFeat 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。; t) r- O+ F! N7 O" A
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) U0 H( z9 q0 t ~0 @: k" ]1 v; R5.39.217.76Tragedy: Some terms and conditions would take longer to read than Shakespeare's 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。 t! d( a, M7 {. G( X
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9 n, V; o I' e) s7 F r' bWeighty tome: Apple's iTunes required users to wade through nearly 20,000 words5.39.217.76. h# t8 E+ E) u& D
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A TOUGH READ: NUMBER OF WORDS IN T&CS
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Windows Live: 14,714 8 r; ~: \9 N) O. A: n
Apple iOS 5: 13,366 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb6 B9 c4 Y$ N$ }0 q; E, R$ Z' B
Facebook: 11,195
, R ]+ j: W- n0 U公仔箱論壇Google (inc Books/Chrome/Wallet): 10,640 1 C# a% k* D' W3 J" `% o6 U
Apple iCloud: 10,724 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。# M: Y4 G: O7 I' W
Amazon Kindle: 7,115
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( _3 J; @# x, K6 i6 Y: f) N5.39.217.76Apple’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?6 j- I8 n& f' j3 x; e4 S9 v0 [+ K" L
6 P9 t, |1 D" t公仔箱論壇For those who also want to use Apple iCloud then there are another 10,724 words to read through.
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5 D+ M8 c' f% E1 |tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbAnd before signing up to Apple’s iOS operating system, users are expected to read a further T&C folder containing 13,366 words.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb1 c% |) O; ~6 K" ~" a2 X F
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.1 z0 W( ^. g7 @/ y
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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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