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 4 P4 B# O) R0 j- L- d: q9 ~' ^tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb公仔箱論壇0 k# d: [7 N0 A' f0 B
Which? slams websites for making users agree to small print up to 36,275 words long * a% w- j8 \! N' P) aWatchdog lists the worst culprits and calls for changes 9 y- U! v' d _8 p9 Ktvb now,tvbnow,bttvb$ z9 u8 D2 I. N; I0 G
By Tom GardnerTVBNOW 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 J& R+ v+ E9 _
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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. # `2 U4 @3 I, i3 e2 `/ H% ~; \6 b" b c
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. / K; O6 x/ U" A! RTVBNOW 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。 ) W9 q/ m3 b A* ftvb now,tvbnow,bttvbIt has produced a list of the worse offending sites - where T&Cs, as they are known, are longer than some of Shakespeare's classics.2 f! j: y6 n6 l/ w1 l. d5 [' r5 h# Q
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! o% Q- M( i, J3 S3 K# N4 r8 K 公仔箱論壇; b! Z6 t: M% N7 m
Tough read: PayPal's terms and conditions stretched to 36,275 words - more than Shakespeare's classic Hamlet公仔箱論壇. k2 \) x2 j1 A& g) t3 B8 J' b
. }; S6 m+ ~; v0 M% O公仔箱論壇Leading website PayPal topped the chart by containing more words than Hamlet. 1 n& H2 a% ^8 Q公仔箱論壇tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb4 B( f" p" G, [9 m. ^
The terms on Apple’s iTunes page is longer than Macbeth, according to the research.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb' c! L( W8 Y; h* [$ 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.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。! I4 @5 e- @1 M# ?' t3 E& d; ]2 h( U
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‘A slicker solution is needed, where websites flag up the most important parts of their T&Cs to consumers.’ 8 j( Q$ ?' R& S5.39.217.76Amazon, 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. : v" M6 e( Q7 {9 w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。6 ~" ~0 x5 }$ o1 g& ]
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.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 Q& I* M6 v5 A) j2 @
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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. 9 ^ p Q/ F- w3 E, m+ Ptvb now,tvbnow,bttvb5.39.217.76' R1 X( B* V$ ?; Y* R7 K
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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb* y$ l: R- L& a% H1 R' b) `+ k
0 d# \( d, s/ p. q * K4 D4 t: g3 cFeat of endurance: Reading every word of PayPal's terms and conditions would require considerable stamina 9 M- P/ i; c. I: Ntvb now,tvbnow,bttvbtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb$ R5 K; M3 y4 \! T tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb- j4 O( x! O, b" J/ F. S G4 f$ Y
Tragedy: Some terms and conditions would take longer to read than Shakespeare's Hamlet 公仔箱論壇; t: t1 y( h1 y0 m3 y
/ i# s& F& ^8 w: p9 C2 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。 : }2 y$ j# X3 n7 t+ {( u y( Q: Btvb now,tvbnow,bttvbWeighty tome: Apple's iTunes required users to wade through nearly 20,000 words ' S. i+ }* E9 r3 A1 a/ h% G3 H. Ytvb now,tvbnow,bttvb + X7 z% i/ B* c& l6 Etvb now,tvbnow,bttvbA TOUGH READ: NUMBER OF WORDS IN T&CS & M. d- d! Z3 l+ }Paypal: 36,275 " }; p2 V& K h9 n% j! `公仔箱論壇Hamlet: 30,066 ) \/ F$ M7 u& ?1 a- z5 Gtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbApple iTunes: 19,972 / T, O9 D* M1 h+ g Macbeth: 18,110 2 L; J% m/ j7 ]* I. zWindows Live: 14,714 , |+ A4 C9 B c6 \! }, |$ y; o Apple iOS 5: 13,366 4 l5 N1 f F% I+ G1 d* iTVBNOW 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。Facebook: 11,195 公仔箱論壇* r& f( Y8 K/ Z8 P. C9 F Google (inc Books/Chrome/Wallet): 10,640 5 _& {, b2 G% {' e8 P3 h Apple iCloud: 10,724 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。 `* L3 v! ~" E Amazon Kindle: 7,115 5.39.217.76+ j- F/ a0 f4 b* n' J Amazon.co.uk: 5,212 % w+ ^( J* `8 ^ [* V* m h6 YTwitter: 4,445 + }) S% S+ Y3 X( M6 p5.39.217.765 @# _( s. h2 g3 L; C2 v
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?公仔箱論壇7 I2 v7 H3 v# R7 w+ w
' ~1 G( F# i z5 C& Z; \5.39.217.76For those who also want to use Apple iCloud then there are another 10,724 words to read through.5.39.217.76$ V8 T: d+ D$ `' h
( `1 i8 I" k+ B7 ?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。And before signing up to Apple’s iOS operating system, users are expected to read a further T&C folder containing 13,366 words. : ^# E. Q3 B+ t- C$ v; D" s公仔箱論壇Others are not as bad but still have too many words to expect the average user to read them all, said Which?tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb( {) [/ C+ E) Y; G/ ^0 E8 v, d
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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. 5 w0 D7 A2 a$ y- s% L公仔箱論壇公仔箱論壇( `! s0 t$ ?0 s" \1 Q2 \
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. 3 [5 S3 s4 ]2 ztvb now,tvbnow,bttvb5.39.217.76" T! t7 g1 H8 s- t2 Z5 v
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