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 # _2 V/ @$ _. ]5.39.217.76 0 C' y/ D9 t) cWhich? slams websites for making users agree to small print up to 36,275 words long 公仔箱論壇; V; ]+ D( [' D0 C" E
Watchdog lists the worst culprits and calls for changes * r0 G, q2 z9 \5 _! h1 y, s0 o2 X; f公仔箱論壇 0 K; y# a. d. ?5.39.217.76By Tom Gardner 1 z) C* T" `; Y0 b6 V / g0 l) i# h, ?8 h4 K% ~, tA 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. , N; J5 o$ O- }, D h7 t* y6 l公仔箱論壇+ A& Y% v& _$ V; \+ I, I1 T- D
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. $ }4 u+ U/ N: P2 o7 C* t 3 v. {: ^% _: p% XIt has produced a list of the worse offending sites - where T&Cs, as they are known, are longer than some of Shakespeare's classics.) \: l$ ~. f1 `# G8 A- _
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。& d" g2 l( ~1 r+ ?' q $ j$ h2 I4 ^- c7 c5.39.217.76Tough read: PayPal's terms and conditions stretched to 36,275 words - more than Shakespeare's classic Hamlet公仔箱論壇' e% q S! C7 T) O, K* B# c$ S/ [
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Leading 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。5 D' S6 F/ R# `% {( n% L
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The terms on Apple’s iTunes page is longer than Macbeth, according to the research. / `2 ^0 n- m5 P0 f/ \+ W7 y$ S! d) 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。5.39.217.763 R2 a$ g6 R) W7 o7 N! j% r* S* R
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0 l. z6 Q/ {3 g+ I
9 q* b2 Q& s ?‘A slicker solution is needed, where websites flag up the most important parts of their T&Cs to consumers.’5.39.217.76) \" j# l" e- o; B; w. G
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. 1 t G% C5 f2 k1 |3 _; j8 V- n; ptvb now,tvbnow,bttvb & W7 b. v! F2 Ztvb 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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb, n6 L, g1 X# k& _0 U
4 u# N1 o r" i5 V6 DIt 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.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。& S! h: x- y0 w ]& T
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Feat of endurance: Reading every word of PayPal's terms and conditions would require considerable stamina2 R `0 V6 {5 Y4 A) {
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Tragedy: Some terms and conditions would take longer to read than Shakespeare's Hamlet i# U% X$ {! x# c( F ' J7 d6 i3 p3 z% O5 I7 D1 ptvb now,tvbnow,bttvb5.39.217.76# [( v" h: O. t" K
Weighty tome: Apple's iTunes required users to wade through nearly 20,000 words/ C _' P6 \6 M- ~( X; l
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 n$ w" n2 z& c A TOUGH READ: NUMBER OF WORDS IN T&CS5.39.217.76/ l6 a$ N2 G5 Q& u* @& P$ Y( h Paypal: 36,275 ' Q1 E7 ^, j: @9 \: F( j/ hHamlet: 30,066 . @; M: ~0 a6 S* `5.39.217.76Apple iTunes: 19,972 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb& _" u1 ]5 N( f1 A3 D4 \: f$ ? Macbeth: 18,110 ( I5 ^1 y4 Y( UTVBNOW 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。Windows Live: 14,714 # {7 ~" J( m7 y2 `" F' ~7 O) [- k5.39.217.76Apple iOS 5: 13,366 & b. l* w) v" z5 h0 @4 D& X6 e/ Z: k Facebook: 11,195 ( B/ F# _! k4 Y$ VGoogle (inc Books/Chrome/Wallet): 10,640 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb/ W7 J* i7 N: `9 v Apple iCloud: 10,724 / V/ w; S- n& D# K ]Amazon Kindle: 7,115 ; U2 k( o9 s+ \5 }公仔箱論壇Amazon.co.uk: 5,212 : a* \. {6 S2 y4 q$ [ Twitter: 4,445 4 [+ }/ T' `- ]6 U. I2 G5 Q9 |
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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? # S1 k! g& B: |2 O8 D 0 b- U! e% _. ~. f _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。For those who also want to use Apple iCloud then there are another 10,724 words to read through. " d; t- u1 ?5 o0 z, H5.39.217.76 0 n3 F& E. C: | v: ~. \& KTVBNOW 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。And before signing up to Apple’s iOS operating system, users are expected to read a further T&C folder containing 13,366 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。" N4 ~3 c" M9 p
Others are not as bad but still have too many words to expect the average user to read them all, said Which? ( [9 x% S5 A2 }' x! u& K+ r- GTVBNOW 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。 5 M2 ?6 J( R* J& \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.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。# S# E m( x) R, w/ w* o; W
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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.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 I: ?2 |: d& b
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