[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 Macbeth
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Which? slams websites for making users agree to small print up to 36,275 words long 2 t) d" H1 [. t* g
Watchdog lists the worst culprits and calls for changes
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: J0 t7 G% h8 Qtvb now,tvbnow,bttvbBy Tom Gardner
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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.
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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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb2 T4 }% O6 o# |( x, i# i7 k$ C

6 Y' |7 {! m& H. q( Z3 j公仔箱論壇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 Hamlet
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The terms on Apple’s iTunes page is longer than Macbeth, according to the research.
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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.公仔箱論壇6 e& F6 N0 b  u. s; G6 ?/ X( t

, @; a, N0 b  H& O) ]/ A" Gtvb now,tvbnow,bttvb‘A slicker solution is needed, where websites flag up the most important parts of their T&Cs to consumers.’
8 ?, O% L% |1 i* Y  q; Y$ W5 f( m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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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.# c7 B3 O) M3 \  ^9 v8 R& E1 S; a

& |& d' J& m" D2 C6 CIt 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, e: Y3 x; Q6 w
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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.tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb( d/ o* p+ L& |4 O

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Feat of endurance: Reading every word of PayPal's terms and conditions would require considerable stamina
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" F1 i( T+ r9 e2 A9 g9 _公仔箱論壇Tragedy: Some terms and conditions would take longer to read than Shakespeare's Hamlet
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Weighty tome: Apple's iTunes required users to wade through nearly 20,000 words
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Paypal: 36,275 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb' U  }1 `. Y7 K: }
Hamlet: 30,066 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb" {: `4 K5 r& {( c: ]
Apple iTunes: 19,972
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Apple iOS 5: 13,366
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Google (inc Books/Chrome/Wallet): 10,640
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Amazon Kindle: 7,115 5.39.217.768 Y0 r  ]+ h6 l$ r; |5 w5 Z. l
Amazon.co.uk: 5,212
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" |/ H! [/ M. ]- c" J公仔箱論壇For those who also want to use Apple iCloud then there are another 10,724 words to read through.
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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.
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9 W  c1 j3 `! l0 X9 b( p* K& f# v8 gtvb 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.+ @0 i5 w5 _, N; V. g5 Z

" B$ R" J) p* R3 v5 oWhile 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,bttvb9 h7 l7 o; J5 \7 U- `" R
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