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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 5.39.217.76! W" y& o6 P$ b+ \0 X
Watchdog lists the worst culprits and calls for changestvb now,tvbnow,bttvb f n0 [7 q4 R( `, G
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8 Z* N- y3 O1 E5 B2 R5 b. s3 {% cA 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.
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2 V6 B5 y9 g$ T2 c- R% s1 Z5.39.217.76It has produced a list of the worse offending sites - where T&Cs, as they are known, are longer than some of Shakespeare's classics.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。1 X4 \& O# P% Y4 G
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& K$ o* k& `) H# h. z( L+ xtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbTough read: PayPal's terms and conditions stretched to 36,275 words - more than Shakespeare's classic Hamlettvb now,tvbnow,bttvb" J4 E: E. U! W3 ]8 R
% P0 ], m7 H, x- P! F% N- OLeading website PayPal topped the chart by containing more words than Hamlet. 公仔箱論壇 }) B" L2 \! ~3 G% c
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The terms on Apple’s iTunes page is longer than Macbeth, according to the research.
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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.公仔箱論壇: m Z, Y1 K. e$ Z. Z# Z+ D
7 Z0 |# ^/ l1 Y+ P# I- D5.39.217.76‘A slicker solution is needed, where websites flag up the most important parts of their T&Cs to consumers.’. |0 ?! i8 u* n9 W
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.9 h5 \2 x ^; R' }: ?4 c
& b* G0 ?( Z/ G* X# |tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThe 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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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.
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4 V* ?; Z$ F" N! k" K8 tHamlet 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 9 l2 R- j1 Z& v2 K. K: Y9 @+ r
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% T# D2 ~' X2 Q: Itvb now,tvbnow,bttvbWeighty tome: Apple's iTunes required users to wade through nearly 20,000 words
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. B) C% C7 q; o1 ltvb now,tvbnow,bttvbA TOUGH READ: NUMBER OF WORDS IN T&CS
A$ D6 L1 T0 X& W公仔箱論壇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。4 p, V6 [. k% @# m- ^% \
Hamlet: 30,066 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb) { M! Z* J" F2 J R
Apple iTunes: 19,972
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0 g! Z% S! M5 X% z/ P! f3 ^Windows Live: 14,714 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb1 q4 N7 b- |8 }$ E
Apple iOS 5: 13,366
8 P/ o5 [9 K6 S4 c3 c' y公仔箱論壇Facebook: 11,195 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。# c2 n3 J4 Q0 w
Google (inc Books/Chrome/Wallet): 10,640
" S, |$ Z* A; s5.39.217.76Apple iCloud: 10,724 6 U! U$ h1 k1 I% S |0 ]
Amazon Kindle: 7,115 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb7 b" Q; p ?/ k
Amazon.co.uk: 5,212 公仔箱論壇; ~. i+ Y4 M7 {7 q9 e. y3 u7 J
Twitter: 4,445 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。% V8 P, y; f0 h V& _" ?2 @
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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?5.39.217.76" r5 @ g! }. @* u" e3 W' g- n
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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.公仔箱論壇. N0 @) ^4 x/ v' ?
Others are not as bad but still have too many words to expect the average user to read them all, said Which?tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb! c( A r: I; Q) q, b, {
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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' w7 p% Y) e5 m+ N
3 A; l$ W0 I* w) oWhile 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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb+ R1 C& Q+ U5 g- d% g( W
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