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- Y! C. T$ F. s5 |& I" [; h
" p9 P5 n' L! u3 ~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。Which? slams websites for making users agree to small print up to 36,275 words long 5.39.217.76) j) B, }: c8 F8 B
Watchdog lists the worst culprits and calls for changes; ~5 c. M# t5 @& ]
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By Tom Gardner , J _$ s% j2 `+ f! u $ [' ]3 N3 q! f* c5.39.217.76A 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.5.39.217.767 e; H, c! `) j2 P8 z% |/ M( s
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。# n5 w/ j' U9 [: L
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. x# s( @2 b. S- n' Z公仔箱論壇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。7 b o: X! f5 Z# [* L% J* c* T2 [6 ~
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. . q2 w" y: p1 N6 C+ ]6 R h( ] Q& v' I : L7 S# V& n# A8 `5.39.217.76Tough read: PayPal's terms and conditions stretched to 36,275 words - more than Shakespeare's classic Hamlet 5 D5 B( E3 Q; Z8 v+ }1 b) y3 m% v( i5.39.217.76 ; e! N$ t( a4 M2 g6 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。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。2 B' r* p' I4 U* D
1 y, A. d- 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。The terms on Apple’s iTunes page is longer than Macbeth, according to the research.5.39.217.76/ ~ d L7 L6 I/ t2 r% S' p s5 j4 z
0 ]; M# o% F5 s, `! t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.: i9 q( M! s: l' @0 K
0 a* \9 U: c. K7 h$ ?0 itvb now,tvbnow,bttvb‘A slicker solution is needed, where websites flag up the most important parts of their T&Cs to consumers.’ , O6 m: h: j: g* v# }$ e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. 6 ?0 {0 X O( ?2 T4 Utvb now,tvbnow,bttvb 7 M* ~1 M' h* \, T& b0 u公仔箱論壇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. ( W3 W2 ?! G9 }+ Itvb now,tvbnow,bttvbtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb1 Z$ w) o& p3 S4 x4 f
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. / m E) S7 f$ 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。5.39.217.769 h( Z! m0 c) t& q( t; @
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. 0 {. P3 C, L. ?8 Z, ]3 a7 Z公仔箱論壇tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb6 ]0 I+ y3 m9 W: q; l! S* k 5.39.217.76$ B: k- |9 { |( @ l8 @* {7 D
Feat of endurance: Reading every word of PayPal's terms and conditions would require considerable stamina 5 A& m! E- b, j3 }. q. l: I7 ]0 X/ ^" x8 O/ f' G ; T0 P# L' r0 w; `公仔箱論壇Tragedy: Some terms and conditions would take longer to read than Shakespeare's Hamlet 0 f- B% ] m, i! t! [5 v
tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb6 D' h* D0 f$ M1 v1 G 6 }6 Z/ h; T$ d& r. dtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbWeighty tome: Apple's iTunes required users to wade through nearly 20,000 words5.39.217.769 R! b+ W, A8 O
) Q7 C1 E! I, D- j! q# K公仔箱論壇A TOUGH READ: NUMBER OF WORDS IN T&CS公仔箱論壇8 [1 B A0 k; E' f* |) S/ N Paypal: 36,275 - Z# r1 v4 z: b" Q9 \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。/ w# o- O9 ?1 r) W1 E, C4 e Apple 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。0 ?) n! p* @/ z9 D s Macbeth: 18,110 ( K6 _: L+ m. x) r, S公仔箱論壇Windows Live: 14,714 % F/ a7 B3 G% q7 V) @7 E4 X6 cApple iOS 5: 13,366 - J& B* y; i% e: c ]5.39.217.76Facebook: 11,195 / s3 v% h8 B2 V; {6 e% C7 o公仔箱論壇Google (inc Books/Chrome/Wallet): 10,640 + v* ~1 L8 G1 F) E8 u Apple iCloud: 10,724 1 ? K" t2 A: I, `0 \ Amazon Kindle: 7,115 5.39.217.76/ ?4 F- @4 d P) D" e Amazon.co.uk: 5,212 ( R z; \8 ]$ c; i8 yTwitter: 4,445 3 r) N% q' E; Z6 ptvb now,tvbnow,bttvb 4 Y& m/ {/ F$ 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。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? & v* F9 i7 {5 W* u- R) `tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb ' `! l# E4 t& iFor those who also want to use Apple iCloud then there are another 10,724 words to read through.5.39.217.76; F" `2 n, R% t' o
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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. 9 i' A! o: H% l3 Rtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbOthers are not as bad but still have too many words to expect the average user to read them all, said Which?' v# @" K8 v* i5 v5 K g
: \* `! Y4 C' X) {) ~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 V' W- C! U$ _; C6 r
7 j' E' d3 \% t6 Y( | I公仔箱論壇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. 1 m v& B& R4 P9 ^3 Ptvb now,tvbnow,bttvb ; K O: x5 e- n, H# u
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