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 4 A* H2 }' v3 S: Z' C$ b& `5 }: b) h) [公仔箱論壇 M% w( x+ `+ c4 A7 w/ a
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。: q' N+ x0 H2 v
Watchdog lists the worst culprits and calls for changes5.39.217.76 S1 Z. ^& ]3 T& J
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By Tom Gardner : y ]- I( s" `! N公仔箱論壇9 D7 x% Y$ Y, J$ n/ T" B5 b5 E
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. 1 h% a) B4 z+ h% k3 F3 ktvb now,tvbnow,bttvb 9 O) I$ u3 \6 @! c: ctvb now,tvbnow,bttvbWhich? 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. o2 D, j; @# 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。公仔箱論壇3 F$ |' x$ j+ G
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. - a/ N+ b+ e* ~$ m! L& p9 Rtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb2 F* s6 r( P; | ' x2 h" B& ^' X; ]公仔箱論壇Tough read: PayPal's terms and conditions stretched to 36,275 words - more than Shakespeare's classic Hamlet5.39.217.76/ i1 a6 X* U. z8 P
1 ~6 I; T2 ]& B" U* \" Y公仔箱論壇Leading website PayPal topped the chart by containing more words than Hamlet. : u0 M7 M% Y6 ^3 k5 {tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb! B+ {9 ]6 w. z( ]* b2 Z9 G
The terms on Apple’s iTunes page is longer than Macbeth, according to the research.公仔箱論壇* T0 p# a1 f7 _5 G3 K
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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. - u; ~$ o& E: Y3 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。公仔箱論壇8 j: v( ^9 d( ]; w& v3 T
‘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。5 e; x) ]1 K1 w$ M6 X. y- Y5 `
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. ) F& p& w2 d& @5 B& L公仔箱論壇& M4 n/ N) h* ~+ A
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.% m K a1 T/ }& ?4 o: |- p6 G
4 K9 s( |2 d: R% T# e5.39.217.76It 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. . o: | X6 j1 A) C/ x公仔箱論壇 7 l4 i- n5 [% x8 E/ j9 V( P5 s0 Q! qHamlet has 30,066 words including the famous To Be Or Not To Be soliloquy and the moving ‘goodnight sweet prince’ speech at the end. : @1 g) _$ r" m- qTVBNOW 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。 . ^# \! T! j: T) F; ?0 I5.39.217.76公仔箱論壇# w6 m$ _9 H5 z9 u/ U( @6 z
Feat of endurance: Reading every word of PayPal's terms and conditions would require considerable stamina & G. `' k1 h, ^) xtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb ; B* l+ {% G/ ~+ C* R5.39.217.765.39.217.76# Z, n- Z7 r; t9 _& z+ S* H
Tragedy: Some terms and conditions would take longer to read than Shakespeare's Hamlet - d+ _0 O: u! j' s8 Stvb now,tvbnow,bttvb8 I2 r* [$ T* Z3 X+ E / t2 B M a: ftvb now,tvbnow,bttvbWeighty tome: Apple's iTunes required users to wade through nearly 20,000 words5.39.217.76% ^0 [! I/ [8 `
: _8 A {' `8 n6 S3 d4 hTVBNOW 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 TOUGH READ: NUMBER OF WORDS IN T&CS " B8 M8 X E s7 OTVBNOW 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。Paypal: 36,275 5 B9 @. D t7 h$ ?公仔箱論壇Hamlet: 30,066 ' C# j+ D# B4 J/ ?$ a! d4 x+ lApple iTunes: 19,972 1 j& q4 }; P+ Q% X: ? Stvb now,tvbnow,bttvbMacbeth: 18,110 5.39.217.76: |( e$ Y) A) ^* e- U Windows Live: 14,714 c: D; Z$ I4 ?; ]6 D9 W Apple iOS 5: 13,366 / X6 M6 m1 t; L, Q; x/ i( q$ ~tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbFacebook: 11,195 Z5 [. K; C$ J9 r y) l, e Google (inc Books/Chrome/Wallet): 10,640 2 e1 z. S- |: l5 ]' i3 T1 H- H5.39.217.76Apple iCloud: 10,724 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb2 J/ K% s/ t/ x! q Amazon Kindle: 7,115 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb- B" i6 ]8 _8 ]* r, T( \ Amazon.co.uk: 5,212 ( f4 u1 Y/ q) a, N. Z! P1 x7 v5.39.217.76Twitter: 4,445 7 m+ u+ k- I4 C% X3 _: j, m6 x' O
5 w5 K, K+ J; e# v; 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? 4 [! r2 x. r% l! ~: G ; J( B( k' t m公仔箱論壇For those who also want to use Apple iCloud then there are another 10,724 words to read through. 8 v c; j& C3 ^7 E( ZTVBNOW 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- V8 B5 Z N- u; uAnd before signing up to Apple’s iOS operating system, users are expected to read a further T&C folder containing 13,366 words.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb( y* _! k/ R$ Q, r: N- B+ z/ h$ x% [
Others are not as bad but still have too many words to expect the average user to read them all, said Which? 1 J( N2 r) E' K% C* N公仔箱論壇, L- t" v7 ~) l4 u6 `% ]# {
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.6 [1 D' L! }, T* T a5 P# @
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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. / J9 }, q+ N) ~3 ~) N! A7 d; `tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb( \5 g2 \, a4 b
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