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 / n3 D, r! i; x& c& k) u $ e t+ f* B, Z, B( wWhich? slams websites for making users agree to small print up to 36,275 words long 9 c9 B9 K7 ]) o7 M- A4 W3 a5.39.217.76Watchdog lists the worst culprits and calls for changes( o8 m+ @, E3 F/ @1 h2 f
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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. & |7 `1 C: b% {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。 ' \3 Y* e n7 C& E5.39.217.76Which? 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. 1 g) t, b3 H1 C8 e- a+ S4 J( ]公仔箱論壇5.39.217.760 w* R6 I% M1 X, ?% ~/ H7 Q
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. / ~) _ u! k4 s$ o |/ T6 y/ A+ T+ d5 M 1 k8 b9 C: a0 w5.39.217.76Tough read: PayPal's terms and conditions stretched to 36,275 words - more than Shakespeare's classic Hamlet 8 S2 k& L3 I& v* z3 L& O5.39.217.765 }2 E8 W9 N6 j! n
Leading website PayPal topped the chart by containing more words than Hamlet. 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。( F5 L, y0 V" U) N( O8 J
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The terms on Apple’s iTunes page is longer than Macbeth, according to the research. + z2 f8 i K9 K: ~) y ! `+ L- @' T4 h* ~tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbA 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. . e2 r* |* x5 J/ [/ ktvb now,tvbnow,bttvb + X% j( a: }) t% c; H5.39.217.76‘A slicker solution is needed, where websites flag up the most important parts of their T&Cs to consumers.’: X; B+ w6 M6 x3 I/ `8 y& X% L
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. 5 A1 \2 W4 x( u' ~8 g$ e公仔箱論壇 $ \0 R# Y1 ^& N6 E4 H2 e3 E [- e8 r6 dtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbThe 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" B4 _7 E. p# R3 E6 N5.39.217.76tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb4 u& o0 v( I) c& m0 {/ C, u
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. . v6 n$ Y' V5 i: K( e- n5.39.217.76 8 {8 r% _2 b7 ^( K9 c公仔箱論壇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. 8 \; m* x' j0 ? % j: v7 G2 P8 A1 T0 }tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb * c6 u* o: H4 V" L公仔箱論壇Feat of endurance: Reading every word of PayPal's terms and conditions would require considerable stamina公仔箱論壇. _3 P5 h* F: Z. q- U8 p
tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb- k& b" R# |4 N( V ~ ) }6 T2 G- p4 @, O7 ftvb now,tvbnow,bttvbTragedy: Some terms and conditions would take longer to read than Shakespeare's Hamlet ( l4 j( q/ j( T& J, s0 e! Q% r5.39.217.764 u9 _4 \ B v3 M+ G. @ ! H; J6 s7 S/ p- ]% gWeighty tome: Apple's iTunes required users to wade through nearly 20,000 words ! X- Q' N% n0 P6 c4 s% ?2 f$ Q公仔箱論壇 ; V3 |( e! _- G& U9 U5 G3 KA TOUGH READ: NUMBER OF WORDS IN T&CS $ ~% B4 A; A7 V/ C公仔箱論壇Paypal: 36,275 5.39.217.76. F" t0 G( L& B+ n! a0 F. _ Hamlet: 30,066 公仔箱論壇! A% j/ N/ s2 N2 S; |, u! l Apple iTunes: 19,972 ; f/ u( R0 m# B. _2 {/ \4 GMacbeth: 18,110 ( R- j/ q" M q. g Windows Live: 14,714 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb( ~3 f9 ] _4 ^& j0 L7 Q8 U" O Apple iOS 5: 13,366 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。6 C; Y" U$ W1 C( A Facebook: 11,195 : J& m# ^( A' r+ B/ k( m9 j; \% R Google (inc Books/Chrome/Wallet): 10,640 , ]9 F5 ~* k4 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。Apple iCloud: 10,724 ! P3 Z3 P2 p; f" ~7 D6 e3 c9 hAmazon Kindle: 7,115 5.39.217.76' ^& n, a" ^8 C" O( b6 s; k! X Z Amazon.co.uk: 5,212 3 i: x3 S9 V8 @. m Twitter: 4,445 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb" x" }% U' U h% ?- [$ ~, s
6 X [$ r; s/ L6 x. y, w t5.39.217.76Apple’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? - u+ D8 _) }" x n( Itvb now,tvbnow,bttvb ( j* P1 D0 |/ i' L( b公仔箱論壇For those who also want to use Apple iCloud then there are another 10,724 words to read through. 1 z3 h: N* O! I2 j) \7 R9 G3 t$ o. b, ~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 ?) `$ M* v' V: C% i8 L8 i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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb) r: J0 {. l( j3 ~5 J' E0 P- y2 }3 k
Others are not as bad but still have too many words to expect the average user to read them all, said Which?公仔箱論壇7 D5 V( ~: u; ` p0 O' d+ Z
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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. + Q- c8 L$ h8 C9 R: 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。5.39.217.76# b; R* |. n, U6 @: X3 I" D+ F0 @
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. 9 ?1 H0 V5 e) Y' x( C7 d " f+ V( B( @8 m# q9 Jtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb
