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' A/ x. k1 u @! n/ e9 m
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Which? slams websites for making users agree to small print up to 36,275 words long 0 N+ C+ Q3 e6 E7 L& m
Watchdog lists the worst culprits and calls for changes & s/ W9 w% X, p- g7 q( r* P# S' Vtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb3 C: s8 s+ z3 W3 C1 T1 G
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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. ( E5 T# H% Y( e, _# b) i2 Y5.39.217.76' p: K5 M! |; V# Z) ~7 X5 J
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. 2 r3 q4 h+ L* b! a) n5.39.217.767 d# C' |7 [% i* v
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.2 o4 L' Y; T/ |
* [/ s7 z5 f0 u* _0 V公仔箱論壇 7 ]) o- M* `- d. lTough read: PayPal's terms and conditions stretched to 36,275 words - more than Shakespeare's classic Hamlet - A; j) I& s: l4 G5.39.217.76公仔箱論壇$ B4 f/ q" A2 u0 I8 }4 L% Q' y2 X2 U: n1 j
Leading website PayPal topped the chart by containing more words than Hamlet. 5 Y, O P( a W$ ~. V: q6 N3 f
4 @" G. K7 E5 |# _! N+ \4 X1 Y |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。The terms on Apple’s iTunes page is longer than Macbeth, according to the research.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。. R- v/ F+ g/ E5 H7 L! Z9 F
$ t5 X$ Z, c7 j5.39.217.76A 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.3 G& v0 U- d, S( F9 z# p/ I# 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 M% Q" E7 ]2 \# n5 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。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. , {9 x" M) |; ^* C5 U3 u, |" I5 ytvb 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。7 N: L% B" `6 X2 m* G9 ?
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. % J0 c4 s) R$ o7 _$ B, ^1 I) v# f$ j
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.公仔箱論壇& S, Y+ C. X* a0 ?( o# J! @- D) k
- V. {, e& ?) q6 g$ x! Y6 j) mHamlet has 30,066 words including the famous To Be Or Not To Be soliloquy and the moving ‘goodnight sweet prince’ speech at the end. 5 E' A( e# r7 l+ a! Btvb now,tvbnow,bttvb5.39.217.762 w" L8 O. q. ]& p& Q3 S , ^( D" I8 I) u3 Y* {5 i
Feat 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。) P* Y2 \" d1 i! I. y4 E* ^# J) ^. d
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Weighty tome: Apple's iTunes required users to wade through nearly 20,000 wordsTVBNOW 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。. A6 Z1 t$ r" W# ?* D( b7 n' 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。, a' Q. M* x- z( h# t t A TOUGH READ: NUMBER OF WORDS IN T&CS & V5 L' e: w1 b, j1 Q5.39.217.76Paypal: 36,275 + b3 U; B1 \2 O Hamlet: 30,066 & k6 s$ p6 L: v4 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。Apple iTunes: 19,972 3 k9 ?9 c: a: c; stvb now,tvbnow,bttvbMacbeth: 18,110 5.39.217.767 \+ U8 M: i- ^& q$ t; a0 w w$ h Windows Live: 14,714 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb% y. v7 z% G5 Z$ T: Y0 _6 l1 r Apple iOS 5: 13,366 4 J$ [; O: `2 B! K: CFacebook: 11,195 , X) O5 A3 H& z; z, Q* ?2 E8 jTVBNOW 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。Google (inc Books/Chrome/Wallet): 10,640 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb5 x. t, L4 f9 K% s+ z- V Apple iCloud: 10,724 : }8 } w& ] g Amazon Kindle: 7,115 $ F" W' D) ^& _8 J Amazon.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。! y4 W! L+ ^4 S" t1 }) o0 p Twitter: 4,445 3 }5 X5 K0 J' t6 u; z4 T8 PTVBNOW 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。 3 t; ]2 t3 p! l1 P tApple’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?tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb Y, \8 G# L) L5 q3 [5 U% N
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For those who also want to use Apple iCloud then there are another 10,724 words to read through.7 k' s1 x) [3 m' i2 l+ I- D
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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. P, p9 X' o4 Q& f/ M; j7 h4 Ltvb now,tvbnow,bttvbOthers 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% z# R2 S$ S" J8 u+ \( j1 l5 F
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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.4 n- Y" h1 S6 `' h9 M0 {
0 W' U! s1 j+ U3 L' u5 ]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. # K1 |5 ?8 V8 [tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb - k! p8 f# b! E3 U- J- r* w; @+ ztvb now,tvbnow,bttvb
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