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 Macbeth9 x. a. C& r/ ^/ ^( F, V P
# T# p2 q! a$ |5 d2 k! n: F1 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。Which? slams websites for making users agree to small print up to 36,275 words long 2 X$ H6 v! b" n7 n; _Watchdog lists the worst culprits and calls for changes5.39.217.76* R7 g9 d; U; E$ n( o* ?
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By Tom Gardner $ E; ~& D# S! q: U; n& [. @tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb' V; v c! l6 I
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.公仔箱論壇2 I/ {. i: }3 m2 I" k, P
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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. ! R: _+ |) |3 v2 z; P5.39.217.76tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb' `& ]$ ~* _; q5 E
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. 7 J/ J. i* r% w+ d# ^ 7 e- \. Y1 \ j. B; y- M y/ `# O( W5.39.217.76 ' |* k1 Y* z0 A0 f' A' I0 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。Tough read: PayPal's terms and conditions stretched to 36,275 words - more than Shakespeare's classic Hamlet 9 d. M/ ^) x5 N/ j5.39.217.76TVBNOW 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。3 t% I7 a! u. h2 F( a
Leading website PayPal topped the chart by containing more words than Hamlet. : e) w9 C7 m8 ]( N# 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。 : z# T0 I( D: H5.39.217.76The terms on Apple’s iTunes page is longer than Macbeth, according to the research.3 w4 x% b1 W, A$ E, ^& T" z
: a/ c& `9 o: s/ L2 ]9 UTVBNOW 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.5.39.217.76& z1 f8 h! u; k5 V0 X/ ]' v" e
# _4 J* A; l: X- \3 V: o‘A slicker solution is needed, where websites flag up the most important parts of their T&Cs to consumers.’ 5 S- B, \) V3 o [+ {. c# Z) F公仔箱論壇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. * w- l) T1 z7 Mtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb + S5 M1 ]8 a I CTVBNOW 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 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.6 B& I1 R4 I9 j6 d2 F
' _9 K3 W, b3 c VIt 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/ j. F9 B% r7 n# R- f. M ?
7 e8 w! \0 x7 |% xTVBNOW 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. : Q! J0 e' `6 u, Q! P6 c! xTVBNOW 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。 ' f/ d' K6 H6 ?' g, W8 b公仔箱論壇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。4 |4 \+ J7 O3 l" T' m- ^! n
Feat of endurance: Reading every word of PayPal's terms and conditions would require considerable staminatvb now,tvbnow,bttvb7 U/ \' h0 [6 p( ?: i) F9 z
0 ]$ I( r+ I- Y5.39.217.76 9 G& p7 T6 H0 ~, d- [7 W6 b+ ~Tragedy: Some terms and conditions would take longer to read than Shakespeare's Hamlet 8 u1 q( }6 [% J) H( X& _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! e5 a0 y2 A7 o6 Y7 H& z4 N* o ) r9 K( G+ i4 NTVBNOW 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。Weighty tome: Apple's iTunes required users to wade through nearly 20,000 words 7 w0 X4 Z. Z& t* P& ^5 w. F3 V/ v& a# 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。8 ]- r) A5 I6 w# |& a6 e A TOUGH READ: NUMBER OF WORDS IN T&CS + L1 Q( i; x, R [2 N4 d" A* k公仔箱論壇Paypal: 36,275 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb+ Y$ x& m8 z+ V* E8 M) X: N Hamlet: 30,066 ( w# D7 I3 b4 N7 p% yTVBNOW 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 iTunes: 19,972 , t8 f4 l0 Q8 E( _$ ?" h `6 t+ P Macbeth: 18,110 4 A; G& `# ]6 T7 H' l$ y z公仔箱論壇Windows Live: 14,714 公仔箱論壇! N9 s7 m8 ^4 A9 j# s Apple iOS 5: 13,366 ! c/ k4 d# y7 L, e' @Facebook: 11,195 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。( D1 ]* _3 S% i( E+ J2 m& W Google (inc Books/Chrome/Wallet): 10,640 5 |8 S! S( _+ a, |4 M! w0 ?tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbApple iCloud: 10,724 , m. B6 h0 d9 R7 k9 |* V Amazon Kindle: 7,115 . Y; r4 j: c; u- L1 C2 Z5.39.217.76Amazon.co.uk: 5,212 5.39.217.764 [+ a# K; a2 ^2 J Twitter: 4,445 , N; H* {+ D! g0 g6 D) W% f5.39.217.76 " }4 N9 [* R, H& w' \2 [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。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? # Q: Z# i3 p7 h; M7 n2 N 7 R% j" ]* z5 k& E3 S! h公仔箱論壇For those who also want to use Apple iCloud then there are another 10,724 words to read through. 3 L0 F5 W: T1 Q6 w- y/ k: d! [* p公仔箱論壇tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb* y7 i" n/ w- ]& a
And before signing up to Apple’s iOS operating system, users are expected to read a further T&C folder containing 13,366 words. ; T$ O& l4 `, ?( n1 A# X# j, 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。Others are not as bad but still have too many words to expect the average user to read them all, said Which?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。 a* X/ z2 @5 Y/ S' x
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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. / k5 B* y, `2 s公仔箱論壇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。* M; }, L& A6 w
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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb1 J3 \- B3 [ b9 X+ P$ I3 D
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