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 9 u1 g7 v6 K! M! p公仔箱論壇 0 r% Y3 F4 w* m5 S+ d6 m5.39.217.76Which? slams websites for making users agree to small print up to 36,275 words long tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb, E# O# n! n! \* j
Watchdog lists the worst culprits and calls for changes 3 z5 Z/ c! F8 q0 S7 M5 etvb now,tvbnow,bttvb , e& m& `, \5 m8 ~# b4 U公仔箱論壇By Tom Gardner ) p( a$ w1 W, L2 v7 }/ J' \! l5.39.217.76tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb# f; S( n I0 f7 J: w
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. - x3 M& Y1 l& 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。* t3 Q9 t; e* j1 u$ _" o4 R, l
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. 0 ]2 ?( C2 E7 S% E8 V0 p4 q5.39.217.76 9 [" Z! e! Q; L- E8 ]7 dIt has produced a list of the worse offending sites - where T&Cs, as they are known, are longer than some of Shakespeare's classics.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb/ o' L2 Y- g6 P' a
1 ?, U+ N; ~& Q7 t6 c / [" W( i0 I& {tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbTough read: PayPal's terms and conditions stretched to 36,275 words - more than Shakespeare's classic Hamlet公仔箱論壇9 A5 N+ ]) h, G% x* B
5 T7 W- t% X# M( |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。Leading website PayPal topped the chart by containing more words than Hamlet. tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb; }+ Z8 M! n& g* r8 N! |
h$ G+ @% U3 [! i, j9 aTVBNOW 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.$ g2 ~9 X# D9 m) W4 f/ L
) u% \; K* J' y6 I: D/ p5.39.217.76A 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. ; m" |2 i" u% W& @# w$ z公仔箱論壇公仔箱論壇5 D; |; N$ M+ V: `/ \
‘A slicker solution is needed, where websites flag up the most important parts of their T&Cs to consumers.’ $ B- w G O0 k" f: ytvb now,tvbnow,bttvbAmazon, 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. 4 Y% ]- Y# C0 s a2 p7 \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。 . J* E: t" h) c# @+ S+ R5.39.217.76The 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* S6 N; u' C- m/ J公仔箱論壇公仔箱論壇5 P o+ f+ c$ I4 D) P2 u$ Q
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.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。8 Q X" U4 M5 w' @1 ?& \
7 M3 O5 v6 i2 K R; X$ c( 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。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. # {9 b5 u! L- B y- R公仔箱論壇( i( M N" b: Z* P# L 9 [9 v) x- r) A. l- C0 ^# M. Q' f公仔箱論壇Feat of endurance: Reading every word of PayPal's terms and conditions would require considerable stamina " t& J9 i, Z$ p7 L1 N公仔箱論壇" t4 u* c }& k ] 公仔箱論壇7 @2 c! g Q0 f8 |, c3 }
Tragedy: Some terms and conditions would take longer to read than Shakespeare's Hamlet 5.39.217.76- x& @) Z. u5 D
' Q% S9 m$ k/ |* P3 z7 t9 I) p4 T # o2 ~, i1 Q4 z( KWeighty tome: Apple's iTunes required users to wade through nearly 20,000 words : c6 A) f; s5 ~ / \" m8 h) r* g) T$ B: a公仔箱論壇A TOUGH READ: NUMBER OF WORDS IN T&CS ; l& E) r3 ]& { ~2 n" R: a! R公仔箱論壇Paypal: 36,275 - L7 k7 p* C1 ?- h# |5 ?: k Hamlet: 30,066 , h0 H2 k3 q: c/ N; @5.39.217.76Apple iTunes: 19,972 # Q: P g8 a( }4 f3 b公仔箱論壇Macbeth: 18,110 ' q( ~2 F/ |! v2 N, K+ m# \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。Windows Live: 14,714 7 ?9 [! B, ~+ Y- v2 bApple iOS 5: 13,366 7 Z0 l& Y6 X0 D# d' |$ V5 o: LFacebook: 11,195 4 a' N9 u. J0 t$ y2 \: T# S6 g2 Z Google (inc Books/Chrome/Wallet): 10,640 % ], m' ^: v- F; jApple iCloud: 10,724 6 y K8 U2 W m5 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。Amazon Kindle: 7,115 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。) s3 P7 y- F9 j; g Amazon.co.uk: 5,212 + {& A8 \. B' W" z2 k3 ]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。Twitter: 4,445 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。& ~+ ^2 w3 v4 d2 [
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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? 9 a" |9 n8 i0 X! w- ? @8 h, Q: i) Q+ 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。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。: i3 G: V8 y/ Z! Y J* d2 z9 l* R
For those who also want to use Apple iCloud then there are another 10,724 words to read through.) L5 x. M, Q$ s+ 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.- e- L- {) O2 _- Z& }; h
Others are not as bad but still have too many words to expect the average user to read them all, said Which? % L: g. @, L* H/ q( Ftvb now,tvbnow,bttvb5.39.217.768 z: R x- J3 z4 W
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. 1 T) S! e/ X" r6 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。 " ?( O. K* h: D6 V" ~$ ^$ GWhile 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.' {& c2 E) [( X6 r( N
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