[美洲] PayPal agreement is longer than Hamlet, while iTunes beats Macbeth

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To read, or not to read... the terms and conditions: PayPal agreement is longer than Hamlet, while iTunes beats Macbeth
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+ X: |- Y- ~0 o8 y$ K3 u公仔箱論壇Which? slams websites for making users agree to small print up to 36,275 words long 公仔箱論壇2 u. q( _6 a4 i; e0 u; F
Watchdog lists the worst culprits and calls for changestvb now,tvbnow,bttvb  w1 r0 q+ p3 T. j
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By Tom Gardner
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( h& }6 E0 {3 i$ \! RA 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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$ l0 e" x/ |7 ~# y" s9 pTVBNOW 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。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。) o+ `: |" J; N7 n( Z. c! s' Z! `
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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.# R0 F/ E" ^8 o1 e/ B4 k) h- _
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Tough read: PayPal's terms and conditions stretched to 36,275 words - more than Shakespeare's classic Hamlettvb now,tvbnow,bttvb0 F8 q$ D; b& W+ n" a

0 L: F+ i7 r1 z0 fTVBNOW 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. 公仔箱論壇( z% E" f% S$ o( f
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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: s0 @: j+ e  h" V* ]; D) [: d! z  s
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‘A slicker solution is needed, where websites flag up the most important parts of their T&Cs to consumers.’5.39.217.764 ]+ S7 t* X( t1 N# P- b
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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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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4 F/ a; e* n  Y/ I% s: C- [5.39.217.76It 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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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.5.39.217.76! i# Y2 P" c. X- z  |# s: s( K) g) A! B
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! `+ k3 G3 Y2 f6 O! }3 b; q/ V5 [公仔箱論壇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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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  W) t2 L( E, l# F+ q9 B( s
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。# q* F5 u# c! y& t# W/ B; P& Z8 X0 n
Hamlet: 30,066
4 S; E3 A. d3 B1 Y2 z- w5.39.217.76Apple iTunes: 19,972 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 v/ w5 P% F+ B/ z) w& J' t* v! f
Macbeth: 18,110 ' o2 }9 e) Q  I9 _' r" j2 g; l
Windows Live: 14,714
' l9 @. o: l2 T- eApple iOS 5: 13,366 0 S* t1 I: _$ F' v6 @! ?
Facebook: 11,195 + c* B" o$ p. J1 `0 g2 t
Google (inc Books/Chrome/Wallet): 10,640
( H; U0 |8 \# j/ N& D% |Apple iCloud: 10,724
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Amazon.co.uk: 5,212 公仔箱論壇1 p0 n& R3 |9 T) U
Twitter: 4,445 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb# F7 L; o$ e( \5 C

; h% r5 r2 \6 }5 s' |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?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 l$ R3 o: {6 N6 J( q% g0 X
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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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# @* k5 |$ v  h, HAnd 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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: S1 C, p* z0 x1 c; w2 ]1 f$ R/ O- 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.
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