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! H' j) l5 I/ M
, M' ]" ?* k3 s! S' V1 F* i ^& g) b公仔箱論壇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。. u4 n$ K7 _- t- r3 U
Watchdog lists the worst culprits and calls for changes + ~4 F1 y% K4 z. l+ Atvb now,tvbnow,bttvb1 c: B$ s4 v7 X, W. c1 v$ A- X1 ~
By Tom Gardner * T! d: l3 C2 }/ 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。 ) h; R# P5 f6 z4 m: @. LA 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.公仔箱論壇! m5 O$ v4 p/ x
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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.$ Y6 q0 t& E8 k; |1 @4 b+ D
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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.公仔箱論壇# w; s# e4 K+ H4 b4 X( ]! z
tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb4 F! c' ?8 m' _) a+ E: c) O/ \7 E7 g ' a* l& Y% B+ `公仔箱論壇Tough read: PayPal's terms and conditions stretched to 36,275 words - more than Shakespeare's classic Hamlettvb now,tvbnow,bttvb5 M5 ~! U0 b( M% R6 g3 F( a8 p l9 N$ m
% e- `% p. [( g+ p9 O" r: \2 YLeading website PayPal topped the chart by containing more words than Hamlet. * v8 N$ x; `4 M1 F 1 d4 C! O9 D7 Y! J% eTVBNOW 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。The terms on Apple’s iTunes page is longer than Macbeth, according to the research. 5 Q) Y9 y4 n! L$ B- m / ~( V J2 w' ?5 _4 ETVBNOW 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.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 F: Z1 h8 S. V1 ~
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‘A slicker solution is needed, where websites flag up the most important parts of their T&Cs to consumers.’ / \& s1 E( z" {3 |* }# gAmazon, 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.& _8 }) t/ m* F1 ]# E7 Y
+ I U+ [: f9 J# nThe 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. ( Z5 k( V/ @! `0 l+ j2 J 9 B3 f" B. E8 Q4 k" I& L9 `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. 2 _) X9 @& v5 @! R2 J$ w5.39.217.76TVBNOW 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。: H' i. {2 q% R
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. % Z$ G% C3 k! q7 e, A7 Z. y公仔箱論壇 t& n" _& h6 E) `$ ~& U! 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。4 h/ ~. L4 r" ^2 w$ d
Feat of endurance: Reading every word of PayPal's terms and conditions would require considerable stamina + _$ a8 f/ e7 t" u 1 h& `' a* H$ `. 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。 1 K$ h% v" r$ B7 v$ F; N/ QTragedy: Some terms and conditions would take longer to read than Shakespeare's Hamlet tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb+ v" R8 O! b' F
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Weighty tome: Apple's iTunes required users to wade through nearly 20,000 words 0 A% y9 V9 q# m9 e! k, D公仔箱論壇 # k$ `: P0 |2 m: g5 p8 \7 k% u公仔箱論壇A TOUGH READ: NUMBER OF WORDS IN T&CS - L5 S" _1 U, w5.39.217.76Paypal: 36,275 1 Z0 L. a3 \- ? |( w5.39.217.76Hamlet: 30,066 ' o1 g6 h9 Q: p/ P4 WApple iTunes: 19,972 , ]( _# e# R" Vtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbMacbeth: 18,110 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb/ e8 Q! \: l+ e9 i& j Windows Live: 14,714 6 N2 e3 U/ o8 h- x/ i) Itvb now,tvbnow,bttvbApple iOS 5: 13,366 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb+ @3 e5 `" _4 c2 V" P! E# N* s0 R Facebook: 11,195 & s8 N9 t# P; r9 I/ atvb now,tvbnow,bttvbGoogle (inc Books/Chrome/Wallet): 10,640 $ r7 C* n) q/ _+ q0 E4 X) \' x/ _Apple iCloud: 10,724 ! j1 ?6 Q D( t6 k. }) B/ Z& Gtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbAmazon Kindle: 7,115 - Z3 l/ q0 K$ H6 a- f2 C1 jAmazon.co.uk: 5,212 6 T9 e% F1 O0 G! j/ t! j" S+ z! ^tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbTwitter: 4,445 5.39.217.76' t/ u7 y9 J- y6 Z: F7 N
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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? , J5 U0 t" R { O8 ?" g3 O. r$ V 1 ?+ V5 O' g/ v' g& v; V5.39.217.76For those who also want to use Apple iCloud then there are another 10,724 words to read through. / O) X9 y/ a1 _公仔箱論壇 ! z; n O; R( f- Q5.39.217.76And 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。% o/ @, y9 A/ Z* Q2 k
Others are not as bad but still have too many words to expect the average user to read them all, said Which? 0 @/ b' V U4 C' wtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb ( a# C8 m T! |3 Ltvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThis 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 F( [, y7 n0 t - @8 _. m" W" l! l0 a2 n( [: atvb now,tvbnow,bttvbWhile 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. 0 n, }: I' E: G' T" j+ U KTVBNOW 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。# @6 m- @* @$ H2 n/ A
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