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 Macbeth5.39.217.76) V6 Q! n, u) B* U: B$ s1 l
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Which? slams websites for making users agree to small print up to 36,275 words long 0 o4 B. @+ x0 j% c
Watchdog lists the worst culprits and calls for changes- `+ i. e- R7 v! A# v8 k# e; ?
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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.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。0 V/ ?3 P1 z% G) i) U+ {
% |) l0 ?6 T) o6 q6 Z+ M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. + _* g, H# g4 V9 K5.39.217.76TVBNOW 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 H8 A: O- M2 M
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.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- G: ?# f6 {2 T
\, ^7 N4 o7 c( f * J' S& d2 {1 v$ b/ ]4 z4 jTough read: PayPal's terms and conditions stretched to 36,275 words - more than Shakespeare's classic Hamlet C$ e1 c g' k8 h/ }
; T# n r* O# T$ n- v" ILeading website PayPal topped the chart by containing more words than Hamlet. 9 Y2 e# z7 K* B9 ^ z8 H$ Ctvb now,tvbnow,bttvb" Y9 U' a: ~, `- |0 V& \2 n
The terms on Apple’s iTunes page is longer than Macbeth, according to the research. , U& F4 M0 L2 f/ i# R5.39.217.76$ s2 E4 O5 f# q! ^
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.8 z. w2 c) f6 N& {' i0 [( \( t
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‘A slicker solution is needed, where websites flag up the most important parts of their T&Cs to consumers.’tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb ~$ Q$ b( ?/ H) Q( D0 I
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. + T1 F. \. L9 r: R8 B公仔箱論壇$ Z: f5 b9 v3 [& x/ k
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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb1 Q0 j4 N8 Q# \
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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,bttvb& c8 P5 h8 ? ?7 S8 x' A. H
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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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb/ f8 B1 k1 Z# p" J! r# c
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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。" I& U$ [& l: S+ b% T% l
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Tragedy: Some terms and conditions would take longer to read than Shakespeare's Hamlet + p- G' [9 ^" Q, x- e! K5.39.217.76公仔箱論壇- R7 J) x/ |& p% f4 K, A # }. c& \6 P- u- ]2 O5.39.217.76Weighty 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。. o! c# j$ `- |7 V, \
0 k; z+ o% c) w+ d! ?' K; h# s; PA TOUGH READ: NUMBER OF WORDS IN T&CS5.39.217.76$ J# I% J# T9 k" U Paypal: 36,275 公仔箱論壇& k) |; S$ m1 n9 m; x6 A Hamlet: 30,066 # W9 y: W, O) C$ x7 B+ u公仔箱論壇Apple iTunes: 19,972 - j" l+ m& ~6 G; m( D5.39.217.76Macbeth: 18,110 6 `- \8 m) t7 ^6 M8 b0 ?公仔箱論壇Windows Live: 14,714 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 K, T8 f( p% b. X: P& { Apple iOS 5: 13,366 5 A. d7 G6 _3 O: {8 Z/ | Facebook: 11,195 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb( K! S1 i2 {) U* e( H5 F2 U Google (inc Books/Chrome/Wallet): 10,640 1 Y$ r2 C9 X4 }% y L. `tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbApple iCloud: 10,724 公仔箱論壇+ j. |! ?& U; j* V9 w Amazon Kindle: 7,115 % `, q% K. ^3 M& w& d- T% z+ U" _ Amazon.co.uk: 5,212 - \6 `* ~& Q: ]0 l9 l1 E5.39.217.76Twitter: 4,445 2 H1 M' v& C7 @$ U5 w4 W5.39.217.765.39.217.765 Q" G: }1 O1 F. f+ S
Apple’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?% c* j! n, H0 \ I
" `6 ]6 T& x6 h; \4 u% H1 T5.39.217.76For those who also want to use Apple iCloud then there are another 10,724 words to read through.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。* u& f2 O3 M% q5 O% z$ x( J( [
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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.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。' p N. S, ]6 l1 ?! T/ p
Others are not as bad but still have too many words to expect the average user to read them all, said Which?tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb, w9 J( w! a' E( |9 N8 a
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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. , q7 s6 T2 i6 A, F0 o; f7 mTVBNOW 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; C8 `" y I& h3 _) I
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. 8 r% k# j3 E* r5.39.217.76 & y0 @/ w1 b9 h i; m- {) k8 O
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