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 * L. J5 A" L5 r7 L A0 A$ G; K! x# ~6 v( U% v* C
Which? slams websites for making users agree to small print up to 36,275 words long 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。7 \+ t8 x* F2 I' a5 B
Watchdog lists the worst culprits and calls for changes公仔箱論壇0 @9 I2 f$ x9 A9 E; [
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By Tom Gardner - v8 t2 k9 S b& ^( N8 l/ r; [5.39.217.76 ) I4 W) T, w6 I; R5 N: F; Ptvb now,tvbnow,bttvbA 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 t! ~6 v. V5.39.217.76 5 _0 O4 N& p: |公仔箱論壇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.公仔箱論壇/ v i3 N8 Y7 v' H
* E) q3 O$ m( a$ u4 ?; VIt has produced a list of the worse offending sites - where T&Cs, as they are known, are longer than some of Shakespeare's classics.公仔箱論壇' Z |6 R' l$ b' t( e0 \/ z
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Tough read: PayPal's terms and conditions stretched to 36,275 words - more than Shakespeare's classic Hamlet # n1 O/ J- M1 |; ]+ N5.39.217.76 " g3 R, N9 l, P- ]/ p& NLeading website PayPal topped the chart by containing more words than Hamlet. 2 K! B: I7 Q: z' ^7 G; @7 C
$ O2 ]: {5 G! BThe terms on Apple’s iTunes page is longer than Macbeth, according to the research.公仔箱論壇& t) g' j, p/ f8 U4 R, K# Z
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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.5.39.217.765 p" m& y3 L, w+ W- _/ ]" w
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‘A slicker solution is needed, where websites flag up the most important parts of their T&Cs to consumers.’ 2 e3 A: f N4 O3 v7 y$ u/ Q公仔箱論壇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. ' Y4 A1 W5 V5 `" }6 q , e9 g2 p |* ?7 zThe 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.: W f3 i; V- A/ j$ ?, t
% w7 Y. `) k$ z {2 E ~5.39.217.76It 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. 3 l+ A, r$ E) g# F" h5.39.217.765.39.217.76; j, l- k% ~1 b0 ^# M) T) l
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.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。4 f4 C, H5 F/ b
, C6 a8 l% I. y; p: G" lTVBNOW 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。 0 `# H& g. _7 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。Feat of endurance: Reading every word of PayPal's terms and conditions would require considerable stamina4 H" A) d; @( @
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Tragedy: Some terms and conditions would take longer to read than Shakespeare's Hamlet * ?# ~; W. ]; K" \tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb 2 I& r/ z' X# _7 _/ _& M4 c$ |" o3 n公仔箱論壇% Z/ m2 _6 n, s+ E
Weighty tome: Apple's iTunes required users to wade through nearly 20,000 words5.39.217.763 v1 F+ u, ?: @5 H9 \
9 T1 Q: t. D5 o! f* i. I6 ]- H6 W: |公仔箱論壇A TOUGH READ: NUMBER OF WORDS IN T&CStvb now,tvbnow,bttvb, u; a% x+ f s1 v2 C; L Paypal: 36,275 : h( ~& z% [* s' z- j- S. P9 `5 btvb now,tvbnow,bttvbHamlet: 30,066 5.39.217.766 `+ j0 B/ |4 G8 z1 x! q2 K Apple iTunes: 19,972 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb8 [; w7 V, @; w2 J8 R7 z3 ^+ { Macbeth: 18,110 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb K1 \2 k3 I$ Y- t* p$ x Windows Live: 14,714 * p) j3 X. n- a- ^3 xTVBNOW 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。) W( i8 h' s$ M. M3 y2 y$ N Facebook: 11,195 ' d5 Q3 p" {5 X: y: ]tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbGoogle (inc Books/Chrome/Wallet): 10,640 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。: W4 m) f" i$ S- P5 O! @& b Apple iCloud: 10,724 ! J2 u( P' l5 f5.39.217.76Amazon Kindle: 7,115 4 Z+ I9 N* g, K8 I. x) t公仔箱論壇Amazon.co.uk: 5,212 5.39.217.76: g7 M( k& \+ p: {. ?7 ~; c; F( w9 ] Twitter: 4,445 # f( C9 ]. P* p * f- N+ v' }: Y' G5.39.217.76Apple’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# V- b- k- e$ y& z7 i: q3 w" G+ _7 {
8 G+ i0 k& o3 T4 z$ Etvb now,tvbnow,bttvbFor those who also want to use Apple iCloud then there are another 10,724 words to read through.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb; c4 s- G+ J. M4 _# R& e: \
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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. . s: ], J2 a/ G% P6 h V# \& i+ X8 ^0 @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? 1 V# ~9 Y7 d2 ] k$ R4 N4 j+ W3 b+ q" s+ 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. 3 L: \0 j$ |. H+ {: R 4 z. y4 @* Z+ C5.39.217.76While 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. : ~% I. R; N5 S6 O; {tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb n1 u. e% X& S' |+ S2 N
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