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 Macbethtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb7 o0 e6 u+ c7 D H$ m
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Which? slams websites for making users agree to small print up to 36,275 words long - X: ^: Q' S- ?* P
Watchdog lists the worst culprits and calls for changes 1 U0 ~' U! B" z+ ~ $ _5 L3 Z- J1 e( t8 F. b5.39.217.76By Tom Gardner5.39.217.76( D/ |3 H, N; u/ z5 G5 g8 q
( J0 z5 Q# L+ h公仔箱論壇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. 1 A2 }- }7 [# J! v' X$ ?3 [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。 . u+ b5 U3 l' ?" T0 a6 F7 C" Stvb now,tvbnow,bttvbWhich? 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. * U! ~( ?" V& T/ Y; V ]4 Ytvb now,tvbnow,bttvb# x" _. f+ C- t& Q9 G
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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb- g5 n) J: j2 W0 b0 }
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Tough read: PayPal's terms and conditions stretched to 36,275 words - more than Shakespeare's classic Hamlet 8 Q/ i* }' D; w4 g, {3 b, X0 ~- ^+ g) w& K
Leading website PayPal topped the chart by containing more words than Hamlet. tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb8 l9 ^8 b) |' u/ v" v) W
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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. 2 O& B: g1 W7 Y1 X8 p. Atvb now,tvbnow,bttvb* T- w# K, J6 R" D
‘A slicker solution is needed, where websites flag up the most important parts of their T&Cs to consumers.’ - R P( p+ N6 ^# O; itvb now,tvbnow,bttvbAmazon, 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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb) w" ?9 @/ E# q1 C# a
. c2 E0 k; r. M9 u2 Itvb 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. 1 d- n3 |) j* |8 m: z; O; a公仔箱論壇公仔箱論壇" I( D) X/ N C& X" @( M& x
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.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。" c+ A, y: w) f
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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.% m- q" ]' n _+ y" ]
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Feat of endurance: Reading every word of PayPal's terms and conditions would require considerable stamina # o( v& Q5 m/ R- T / {% F$ Q$ @- `tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb5.39.217.76$ {% I+ y: f5 l5 X4 S6 t
Tragedy: Some terms and conditions would take longer to read than Shakespeare's Hamlet # x4 I' M8 U% J8 oTVBNOW 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" Z: ~! L" ?) S9 i 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/ e6 B+ e7 a+ ?
Weighty tome: Apple's iTunes required users to wade through nearly 20,000 words 7 m7 z2 ^3 W5 B$ o% g! K) e4 F$ {- ]5.39.217.76, j Y9 r- d0 v" R$ X1 T, { A TOUGH READ: NUMBER OF WORDS IN T&CS: K* z& U4 L1 q Paypal: 36,275 % ~* B8 n t( j7 a2 Q, @( c4 i2 P公仔箱論壇Hamlet: 30,066 5.39.217.76/ l% B6 ^) }) O5 G+ d+ m) C1 x Apple iTunes: 19,972 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb0 s1 c% j# T8 ]1 Z5 z0 z Macbeth: 18,110 . c# b6 \8 ~5 q5 h: 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。Windows Live: 14,714 公仔箱論壇) P7 U; U$ m* }6 I, D; a; c! U- H Apple iOS 5: 13,366 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。+ s4 f% ]2 X& E9 N Facebook: 11,195 ' A! }. ~7 ]' i+ E' l. T6 c2 O: V公仔箱論壇Google (inc Books/Chrome/Wallet): 10,640 % ?* a, K3 m3 f" V6 i( ?. E4 @* i. L Apple iCloud: 10,724 0 Y+ U9 k' H1 Y: U% q Amazon Kindle: 7,115 $ R% f s8 Y8 ~" K) gAmazon.co.uk: 5,212 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 Y$ t+ Y8 t- I" D" u- _$ v/ N Twitter: 4,445 + Z( v2 u. I/ X9 O ftvb now,tvbnow,bttvb $ ^0 s5 g7 p( R3 k' J9 YApple’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?$ \( U+ j5 x- ~( m
& m2 i& }2 R' E0 F) @公仔箱論壇For those who also want to use Apple iCloud then there are another 10,724 words to read through.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb( h: P- D! C2 b5 a
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And before signing up to Apple’s iOS operating system, users are expected to read a further T&C folder containing 13,366 words.公仔箱論壇8 [+ ?0 K6 W- |
Others are not as bad but still have too many words to expect the average user to read them all, said Which? 0 p, g) b' @8 l# H- T! | {- h7 x( etvb now,tvbnow,bttvb: b$ J! y* R! k6 c S
This includes Google which has 10,640 words in a new single policy and terms box which covers all its services including Chrome and Walet. . U! y+ x l; D/ G5 ^4 M& rtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb/ _( v2 s: T! K2 \
While using the Amazon website means reading 5,212 words of T&C, using the firm’s Kindle product requires ticking a box to say you’ve read 7,115 words of policy. + X- K9 |) S: \) a1 m ' V+ m) t' F- E$ n* `tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb
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