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 & W9 E+ h: v$ T* D: m3 O 1 ~/ ]: |8 k, ~2 Q/ vTVBNOW 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 0 ~" {* T4 F+ c8 b6 x' O- X5.39.217.76Watchdog lists the worst culprits and calls for changestvb now,tvbnow,bttvb- V' b- M6 x+ h3 ]; h9 k
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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 J1 M- N X3 d) L' D" n# j+ c* s
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.+ Q/ {# d" T6 Q6 S4 Z1 e
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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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb& Z: M3 p2 {# i' V
' W l4 N3 T6 G3 C" ]/ y! A9 g z公仔箱論壇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.5.39.217.769 P( g3 L# B4 h$ ] \3 j3 _- {: Y
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Tough read: PayPal's terms and conditions stretched to 36,275 words - more than Shakespeare's classic Hamlet - r' |6 L; m, W, d; n0 Btvb now,tvbnow,bttvb * c) m. N7 g4 `8 {公仔箱論壇Leading website PayPal topped the chart by containing more words than Hamlet. ) D6 m, k* w2 L5.39.217.76 1 _2 @/ T- S5 Q' E$ G1 ]公仔箱論壇The terms on Apple’s iTunes page is longer than Macbeth, according to the research. % M3 |, Y. F5 s9 X" s4 o ! U9 E5 O; F5 WTVBNOW 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 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. ; q+ w' }$ ?, H" p9 D 5 g: M: _. E) Z2 Y‘A slicker solution is needed, where websites flag up the most important parts of their T&Cs to consumers.’公仔箱論壇6 }0 m' ?. p7 B0 T* e
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. o; y7 d5 p. m, @6 O% \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。3 D2 J* }- \: T' J- ^, U$ ?5 r
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。1 Y) ]& w. s; ]
* T; H; i# r* o& A5.39.217.76It 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. % e S1 H. G r! Z % E* o1 q% Y5 Z: c1 a) B& J% k公仔箱論壇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.5.39.217.763 a1 ?) w, {- ^7 E# ?# g& q
/ k* B9 h# ~; Y6 v7 Z8 Z. F公仔箱論壇 2 Z) v# R& O* B+ ]) R5.39.217.76Feat of endurance: Reading every word of PayPal's terms and conditions would require considerable stamina 8 w, j+ U" m# Z; g" C 5 }- @, D* G% H) utvb now,tvbnow,bttvb ) j' v4 S7 c% d8 F3 [Tragedy: Some terms and conditions would take longer to read than Shakespeare's Hamlet 公仔箱論壇; D. [. ?, s# H- ]
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Weighty tome: Apple's iTunes required users to wade through nearly 20,000 words 0 N+ m w* I0 p5 D5 G3 \+ C8 d公仔箱論壇 2 G( [ U& I2 n3 d公仔箱論壇A TOUGH READ: NUMBER OF WORDS IN T&CS 5 T! X& V; K$ J% ]" h: p5.39.217.76Paypal: 36,275 & c0 Q, D4 G6 Z0 u& ~公仔箱論壇Hamlet: 30,066 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb9 U. q3 ~4 |% R( t! m) c! h& @" M' u Apple iTunes: 19,972 " r+ k5 T B' C8 M0 jtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbMacbeth: 18,110 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb+ X, Z4 X, }1 e Windows Live: 14,714 / ?# I+ T. K- B Apple iOS 5: 13,366 : G0 p* n, ?. n6 }& J5.39.217.76Facebook: 11,195 . U$ i& e4 ^ S6 N. q5.39.217.76Google (inc Books/Chrome/Wallet): 10,640 ) ]" N# W5 q) h' ~, [% l- u 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。5 B- ]* w. i/ j ^ Amazon Kindle: 7,115 公仔箱論壇2 G: s' n, }( A$ V% D Amazon.co.uk: 5,212 1 a& V: D5 w* M2 @8 M+ M' t Twitter: 4,445 $ W: ?: G; t L5 f ! \- I9 F; j; K# W+ L3 i3 uApple’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? % f6 ~1 ?# {2 e0 r! L3 qtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb5.39.217.76$ m4 }7 a& ^" z2 T% c3 k
For those who also want to use Apple iCloud then there are another 10,724 words to read through. 0 L( Q, w$ t y+ b* |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。- f' y& k9 {- j7 d
And before signing up to Apple’s iOS operating system, users are expected to read a further T&C folder containing 13,366 words.5.39.217.76' E) b7 ]" Q% a% K" \
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5 S4 l) {& [# g( v, R
( L6 z5 A" r9 z4 b/ p' j$ FThis includes Google which has 10,640 words in a new single policy and terms box which covers all its services including Chrome and Walet. # T8 Z* n6 O9 G+ T% p* Ftvb now,tvbnow,bttvb 8 |1 E1 O) c( l' k/ A7 a$ A, ?% [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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb' T' Q" @8 |$ q, }0 a6 A: B
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