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 Macbeth5 V9 R H) _8 }. _6 Y: i4 s( x
, o. _$ j* \' w' }8 @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。Which? slams websites for making users agree to small print up to 36,275 words long 1 ^7 k# i7 }% S, o3 [Watchdog lists the worst culprits and calls for changes 2 t7 w* D) H) R4 x4 e8 f0 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。1 B6 i% P! o2 @+ P4 P7 t
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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 ^7 \* |, d1 F& R- o1 uTVBNOW 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 G& w# M" B' Y6 {6 \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 a8 x r h# u- q1 |5 c2 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。0 o9 @& `6 m6 D( ]! W7 c- I0 }6 T+ i5 ?
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.6 M9 M6 r+ L" I8 b; A ^
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Tough read: PayPal's terms and conditions stretched to 36,275 words - more than Shakespeare's classic Hamlet * U0 }- _, q3 ^; @3 u( r, ^公仔箱論壇 , \% N* z9 ?: }( O- {' ^. {Leading website PayPal topped the chart by containing more words than Hamlet. 2 X8 z( t" B$ ]; etvb now,tvbnow,bttvb9 e4 I# L2 g- \7 Y/ {( T6 H
The terms on Apple’s iTunes page is longer than Macbeth, according to the research. . j8 {( h( c, Y公仔箱論壇 : Z7 D* v* q% C3 uA 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. ' } I8 W( ~# X1 L$ r0 |7 S. Ztvb now,tvbnow,bttvb / m2 W" m% V6 N) h2 f7 r# T公仔箱論壇‘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。 i7 f/ M% E. l8 |; Q
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.# t: ?$ g, V! z4 `2 P2 R2 O) p
! J. O# w) c6 o* ]2 L# o# d4 _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. / T& T1 Z! U8 j" v! g: u5.39.217.76 + p. b" L' s! V5 ?$ |0 i/ I1 F5.39.217.76It 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.公仔箱論壇) j6 g" ]) K+ j1 }8 N) [
( ]" U0 Q C: G6 @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.5.39.217.766 E% X$ {0 k+ V
- n8 H$ p( }9 ^) @- ^3 O: t * l+ E4 z3 k- 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。Feat of endurance: Reading every word of PayPal's terms and conditions would require considerable stamina % y% R. @1 |: B" Z, G( v5 e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。( _+ q/ R1 y; s' ~" m8 b 2 A# Z, G- \* V( w+ ~+ X- t
Tragedy: Some terms and conditions would take longer to read than Shakespeare's Hamlet T6 M0 u4 P: j' \- e 2 w+ H4 c8 ^& f( j+ W Z: S2 wtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb 9 X7 j) \+ I9 Y+ N公仔箱論壇Weighty tome: Apple's iTunes required users to wade through nearly 20,000 words 9 E5 t8 w9 W: |4 q0 i! }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。 ' ?* L ?3 Z7 m7 w8 _tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbA TOUGH READ: NUMBER OF WORDS IN T&CS 6 g2 k3 V$ j: d8 j/ e, U( hPaypal: 36,275 9 b) S2 N- Y, f! `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。Hamlet: 30,066 $ g: z6 x+ c/ B" _$ R- f0 j- l( NApple iTunes: 19,972 0 w+ j! L/ W* b Macbeth: 18,110 8 x! K7 `- {! ]; b; B& `" H# f9 S, GTVBNOW 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。Windows Live: 14,714 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb" [) I# }- M8 z Apple iOS 5: 13,366 6 a o+ f5 U- {, }. w0 V Facebook: 11,195 / s, E8 c* w5 c# B% {$ D# F$ [公仔箱論壇Google (inc Books/Chrome/Wallet): 10,640 7 L* e5 f5 a' i5.39.217.76Apple iCloud: 10,724 ) Z9 |" f- Y1 _& e# ?( BAmazon Kindle: 7,115 公仔箱論壇! y+ o6 ]; w! d3 \2 V0 l" h B Amazon.co.uk: 5,212 1 h" _. r3 Q) K0 x7 y公仔箱論壇Twitter: 4,445 3 ^; @0 G, F/ a1 r0 ttvb now,tvbnow,bttvb 3 z; v4 j. N& @. Jtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbApple’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?8 G: u( ^( L. G9 r3 N7 V0 k
$ F" B5 {: p4 i) X/ aFor those who also want to use Apple iCloud then there are another 10,724 words to read through. $ J1 m. t) T6 v + P8 o ~/ e: o W3 Y公仔箱論壇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: q9 K) A/ _2 Q$ W! E1 V) T9 A
Others are not as bad but still have too many words to expect the average user to read them all, said Which? 8 x+ |7 H4 P7 g/ {2 V; r ' [: r a. `& @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. ) h5 y* m0 }& X$ J( M2 W, vtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb公仔箱論壇8 P" ]/ L0 `, f$ U" b: W
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. 2 C) Y- m8 M+ n1 o: `* rtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb ) H6 H) _1 U) c2 Z' ]5.39.217.76
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