[美洲] PayPal agreement is longer than Hamlet, while iTunes beats Macbeth

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To read, or not to read... the terms and conditions: PayPal agreement is longer than Hamlet, while iTunes beats Macbeth2 l5 r* l& H, C7 ]% q5 X- S% u
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Which? slams websites for making users agree to small print up to 36,275 words long
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+ t" j( z) K0 b8 Wtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbA 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.. A: i3 f1 K. i6 q' V, U" ]. m
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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.5.39.217.76% M( c0 ~" [: ]. Z% z& f9 z
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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.
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Tough read: PayPal's terms and conditions stretched to 36,275 words - more than Shakespeare's classic Hamlettvb now,tvbnow,bttvb" i7 x" ]2 A, V8 e2 K7 v

+ j. O$ @. ^. f' G! dLeading website PayPal topped the chart by containing more words than Hamlet. tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb7 p; j4 @" h" X3 l1 e
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The terms on Apple’s iTunes page is longer than Macbeth, according to the research.公仔箱論壇; h8 D  H) w6 K8 S% r( H) _

. P8 e  u! g& W: K/ G; w$ u2 pA 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.
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; J( I  I7 ]7 l" y* ~  ^  ^% Ytvb now,tvbnow,bttvb‘A slicker solution is needed, where websites flag up the most important parts of their T&Cs to consumers.’
+ C; h+ g3 l" x: c0 w. }9 d/ {. j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.
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+ ^1 s9 z5 L+ y7 x公仔箱論壇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.
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$ D" I  {- c. q6 Y  B+ d0 DIt 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.$ w& w9 ?" D9 A: H- H. k8 ?* R

$ Z; y. |: J; p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.
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Feat of endurance: Reading every word of PayPal's terms and conditions would require considerable stamina5.39.217.761 A4 g) o6 Q, p- O) W/ N$ A- P
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9 C8 L$ P0 A- A" ]% f* G+ ?tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbWeighty tome: Apple's iTunes required users to wade through nearly 20,000 words1 |4 X1 Q& f$ O
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A TOUGH READ: NUMBER OF WORDS IN T&CStvb now,tvbnow,bttvb" E& M% H! q9 m' A* w- w
Paypal: 36,275
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Apple iTunes: 19,972
& k/ T5 j7 ?5 s5.39.217.76Macbeth: 18,110 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 l) K& m2 ]# N8 Y3 U2 W7 m8 m
Windows Live: 14,714 * w! v) |4 C" Q2 c* f( ?
Apple iOS 5: 13,366 & ~6 a% U# }6 f7 w6 o5 `" l% `
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。( n9 \9 P2 ~! Q, @
Google (inc Books/Chrome/Wallet): 10,640
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Amazon.co.uk: 5,212 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。- B* v% Q0 g/ O: [8 m
Twitter: 4,445
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+ c! A8 x* w! E3 G) Y4 J4 F. [6 WApple’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?
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, M  Q" B  b% ?9 [tvb now,tvbnow,bttvbFor those who also want to use Apple iCloud then there are another 10,724 words to read through.5.39.217.76& Q  b3 H) \  H" l& c' C
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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.公仔箱論壇* A$ X# X4 j7 [0 ~
Others are not as bad but still have too many words to expect the average user to read them all, said Which?tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb# X. f7 Z; c9 C2 `+ `* |" z* i) L: |

+ Z- d3 K! C* q1 J' A8 n# c# a公仔箱論壇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.
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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.
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