標題: [美洲] PayPal agreement is longer than Hamlet, while iTunes beats Macbeth [打印本頁] 作者: vandas 時間: 2012-3-23 01:45 AM 標題: 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 8 |( W5 T( D, P4 ETVBNOW 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。公仔箱論壇7 ]: w" c- h* w" P! F: c7 @
Which? slams websites for making users agree to small print up to 36,275 words long o. x, R$ i$ r0 k$ ~
Watchdog lists the worst culprits and calls for changes 3 A: R1 F& Y" g+ a4 |0 f: qtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb ' G/ d' A0 B8 _+ c3 Q6 ]; k; [4 ftvb now,tvbnow,bttvbBy Tom Gardner % O" l! ~" ~/ e3 N1 ^5 F. l- Ytvb now,tvbnow,bttvb: W2 v$ D( E) R
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. 4 G1 I# b$ ~' P0 [* d9 s 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。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。0 Z! ~: Y/ G8 u2 P
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. B5 Q$ u1 E! X9 i+ y# `; hTVBNOW 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 W9 z$ @; h& a; \/ v& M5 F, X' bIt has produced a list of the worse offending sites - where T&Cs, as they are known, are longer than some of Shakespeare's classics. W0 ^" w2 }) h9 J r+ ?5.39.217.76 + J2 w p5 G8 z A% n, u/ XTVBNOW 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 }$ Z9 D# R( bTVBNOW 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。Tough read: PayPal's terms and conditions stretched to 36,275 words - more than Shakespeare's classic Hamlet公仔箱論壇& X+ z1 w! X. P$ U# z* j# o/ H. q
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Leading website PayPal topped the chart by containing more words than Hamlet. 6 t4 x* r# {; V) x" s0 W
6 c2 Y7 S' i' \2 ?tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThe terms on Apple’s iTunes page is longer than Macbeth, according to the research.$ k2 p; R, l+ D- [+ e
- }8 G4 N6 }! Q: Z- f5.39.217.76A 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. * U i9 Z2 n) W; U$ U9 C2 aTVBNOW 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。 6 M. B- Q5 ~+ J‘A slicker solution is needed, where websites flag up the most important parts of their T&Cs to consumers.’ " \: p) ^. N' R' {公仔箱論壇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. ( [3 G; r; a \) L' v3 ctvb now,tvbnow,bttvb3 G2 a$ ? c" R4 R3 l9 [1 E
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., v% l7 j5 d: b2 C& y) ~
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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.2 Z; `# T1 y/ n
7 u. \$ }1 s( k: S6 }' HTVBNOW 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。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. 3 C7 x. {, q' ]4 v, m# N* A% F5 DTVBNOW 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 D z0 l; n P" |8 V* l ( Q6 F; V" u" B- q6 @3 KFeat of endurance: Reading every word of PayPal's terms and conditions would require considerable staminatvb now,tvbnow,bttvb6 R% e* `$ @6 k6 T: \
4 ?9 H9 I3 s" z公仔箱論壇 8 y) I1 f( h) \+ T B, [Tragedy: Some terms and conditions would take longer to read than Shakespeare's Hamlet tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb- m) ^! Q. J* ?
D# u Z$ R( }2 E \ 1 v& b5 v6 m5 g: ~; ?' }8 O" e/ LWeighty tome: Apple's iTunes required users to wade through nearly 20,000 words . |! x' I: j0 J) X: ^ 7 _" l0 K# v& ]- F# g5 g; MA TOUGH READ: NUMBER OF WORDS IN T&CS 6 [5 v3 u& ~& M7 F5 s+ R# WPaypal: 36,275 7 |8 _. F3 y' J/ q# u公仔箱論壇Hamlet: 30,066 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 h% s7 v. a, t" t0 u Apple iTunes: 19,972 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb" u6 D4 P- ?% @ Macbeth: 18,110 ! A2 D4 M+ L8 Y S) J: s. c, t' r+ r Windows Live: 14,714 5.39.217.76/ R' R- P ]9 ]/ ~5 l; `: x5 v6 n Apple iOS 5: 13,366 . O( k4 `2 b/ F8 r7 m8 t0 u Facebook: 11,195 " m) Y5 B, P7 t, O6 O9 ]: `, UGoogle (inc Books/Chrome/Wallet): 10,640 5.39.217.76# B* v6 I5 G$ w( v) v% B+ ` Apple iCloud: 10,724 $ ^; q8 F1 O; E$ U7 V Amazon Kindle: 7,115 公仔箱論壇* t- n9 H2 z+ _( T5 ` Amazon.co.uk: 5,212 $ L1 L! }6 s+ V- A; l Twitter: 4,445 . s, P( X. ~ W) D公仔箱論壇 7 t* e' y# b" ?4 g% b; ltvb now,tvbnow,bttvbApple’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?) y; g) Y0 c6 _, O9 J8 p+ I
6 d! b) R" c' f7 Z6 Q公仔箱論壇For those who also want to use Apple iCloud then there are another 10,724 words to read through. , P9 i# T. |( x- D: k2 Y2 BTVBNOW 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。) d2 U& E% b5 ]; A* v# v
And before signing up to Apple’s iOS operating system, users are expected to read a further T&C folder containing 13,366 words.7 w3 e P2 E, v2 u1 v: k+ U
Others are not as bad but still have too many words to expect the average user to read them all, said Which? : R6 P# W3 f* I8 Y) _& C: Z6 E+ k0 H5 V6 ^
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. / x' H8 L2 T% P5.39.217.76公仔箱論壇$ J+ F( w' ^: T9 O$ r4 J1 w$ X
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. $ y5 N0 {4 H; b K! r4 _7 s; 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。公仔箱論壇6 o8 M1 c# l6 s( r, M; t+ e
