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 - b% J0 r' w) C7 x! f ' s8 X+ Y$ \. ztvb now,tvbnow,bttvbWhich? slams websites for making users agree to small print up to 36,275 words long " R( v. L: I, j0 t$ M' B
Watchdog lists the worst culprits and calls for changes公仔箱論壇5 t* T6 s- p# R/ M
3 Z1 M: ~! E. u/ L" DBy Tom Gardner 0 j. \, c/ O- P2 p公仔箱論壇 & B! y+ t `& j6 v+ u" ?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. - l$ e) V9 D* g) R) e8 r公仔箱論壇; M- n3 o4 g& ^6 F0 `: z
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.8 G+ ?$ H* N1 X* s4 }+ z
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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.5.39.217.76! E* z5 C* o8 D! J, S
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Tough read: PayPal's terms and conditions stretched to 36,275 words - more than Shakespeare's classic Hamlet : J& D/ D& ^% \% P# [! 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。 ' X! w) i/ @* h. E- {. |9 ELeading website PayPal topped the chart by containing more words than Hamlet. # U, B- c8 ]3 H% D 7 T# I3 N K. [0 L& Z7 Q0 Htvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThe terms on Apple’s iTunes page is longer than Macbeth, according to the research. 6 K9 `1 d- g ^$ p1 P6 v$ L6 F" g: dtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbTVBNOW 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$ G( U2 i1 ]& k2 ?" j
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6 B; N" |: p, i1 y# u
- C! R. r0 B; X, k8 @8 i‘A slicker solution is needed, where websites flag up the most important parts of their T&Cs to consumers.’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。; b+ m5 Q! D: X: C
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. 7 W! J" U. m; R6 e. yTVBNOW 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。 : c0 |7 d. L4 O3 I+ s$ l/ Mtvb 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,bttvb3 d) H# x: b- N4 D
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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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb3 U* J9 ]: _4 F5 o0 x2 ~7 `
( m* ` x: ^+ E" z: C8 d5.39.217.76Hamlet has 30,066 words including the famous To Be Or Not To Be soliloquy and the moving ‘goodnight sweet prince’ speech at the end.公仔箱論壇4 k) ~5 Z4 _; N6 m7 ^0 [7 [1 l
公仔箱論壇; _3 q0 {5 {" R# T9 P 7 g. t- `, O3 a& K( u. z( {tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbFeat of endurance: Reading every word of PayPal's terms and conditions would require considerable staminaTVBNOW 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。. K1 K5 a8 v7 L6 L' x! n; m7 V
9 V- o( u& d% a c( J3 u: q6 [ $ q; u1 l7 {$ Y3 ntvb now,tvbnow,bttvbTragedy: Some terms and conditions would take longer to read than Shakespeare's Hamlet 公仔箱論壇4 b0 Z& R+ i+ _5 c3 R0 n* n" c
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Weighty tome: Apple's iTunes required users to wade through nearly 20,000 words' }7 Z% T- Q) \! V
c+ |; J! ]! {% T# t- R' 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。A TOUGH READ: NUMBER OF WORDS IN T&CS , u. t# s3 k4 t# lPaypal: 36,275 $ H' K% P# H7 B/ z" c3 G. |公仔箱論壇Hamlet: 30,066 ( `0 V; N% o" @! XApple iTunes: 19,972 I# T' Q9 E, x0 y/ z! mtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbMacbeth: 18,110 + a; t( ^3 a. ^1 b6 M$ H! WWindows Live: 14,714 u* q6 F/ o/ ~9 ^% h; \$ 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。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。! N/ k- N8 U ]2 I7 V. L Facebook: 11,195 公仔箱論壇: x) n0 p( w2 o# a# r' g# V Google (inc Books/Chrome/Wallet): 10,640 公仔箱論壇2 V) c' t+ n' b) q8 T: h* l Apple iCloud: 10,724 5 \: B8 H- v; S/ q. K8 x0 B Amazon Kindle: 7,115 * a0 L# C8 g: Q: V( r( I) jAmazon.co.uk: 5,212 # G) s' u4 U8 `5 [7 G5.39.217.76Twitter: 4,445 9 L6 V7 K" i) p+ H+ m1 F6 t
7 a) h, C+ q Z6 ^3 M' U V) d$ SApple’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& o+ Y) h1 f0 L5.39.217.76 ! e2 H M5 b$ ~For those who also want to use Apple iCloud then there are another 10,724 words to read through. # V; F8 U& ` w& @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。tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb# S4 w- u# g6 e( o$ p6 |) \! ~
And before signing up to Apple’s iOS operating system, users are expected to read a further T&C folder containing 13,366 words. - d+ x/ {& J# @( sTVBNOW 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。Others are not as bad but still have too many words to expect the average user to read them all, said Which?公仔箱論壇0 g2 U/ z5 C2 d# `/ L d
2 s% O" x7 K8 b4 r0 d公仔箱論壇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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb, ]4 b& C" T( ?1 D" z
+ W; b) t) Y( Z$ s! g( R# }5.39.217.76While 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. ) y% E) d/ {+ ~9 m2 o! Utvb now,tvbnow,bttvb5.39.217.762 M4 b0 v! {- y: K4 [
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