[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 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 S7 i; U  H( i* P# e
Watchdog lists the worst culprits and calls for changes. b- V# Y: n6 V7 S- I  b* [9 X
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By Tom Gardner
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8 I& n2 K+ N' j1 W% q. w公仔箱論壇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.4 m) p" w) t8 s! g) H

- Z/ l; K4 _& l9 ~4 k" z1 F5.39.217.76Which? 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., `- D( {* P  y0 B# e; B

/ F/ t# z/ J! t7 Z2 F" W' UIt has produced a list of the worse offending sites - where T&Cs, as they are known, are longer than some of Shakespeare's classics.' F1 Z* J, x% f4 U% h

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Tough read: PayPal's terms and conditions stretched to 36,275 words - more than Shakespeare's classic HamletTVBNOW 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。0 n) u. q, Y0 p- F! r. Y- Q
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Leading website PayPal topped the chart by containing more words than Hamlet. 公仔箱論壇+ c* e; h& S' A" U( g# U) Z
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The terms on Apple’s iTunes page is longer than Macbeth, according to the research.公仔箱論壇- N7 V' a3 P$ H, D! x
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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.
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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.5.39.217.76: m# N$ G7 T; C: W$ ]& }9 S  g& _
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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.
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% `6 J! T* p% `3 yIt 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.
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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# S% J6 d8 z3 k( \
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Feat of endurance: Reading every word of PayPal's terms and conditions would require considerable stamina
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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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3 h; ~+ i# z3 iPaypal: 36,275 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。( ^9 G) I( a0 t% r% E
Hamlet: 30,066 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。0 N6 l) @; J6 q
Apple iTunes: 19,972 5.39.217.762 z9 t! p/ O+ a' s) L  E
Macbeth: 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。5 l; f) e, d3 E6 c
Windows Live: 14,714
4 [0 Y& d9 c/ utvb now,tvbnow,bttvbApple iOS 5: 13,366
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Google (inc Books/Chrome/Wallet): 10,640 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。, ]% o7 W" ]# b! {3 ^+ z
Apple iCloud: 10,724
8 w) s5 E  z  ]6 w2 H1 b$ q9 yAmazon 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。. [' }2 L8 A1 }+ A1 j% r  j- m5 D
Amazon.co.uk: 5,212
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( n; K2 ?1 K3 _3 d  u! c% Z, z公仔箱論壇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?
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For those who also want to use Apple iCloud then there are another 10,724 words to read through.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。- K8 i, o# L) Q9 N) V# ]9 V
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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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( R0 x# m. ~/ U  nThis 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 }! S% y0 j; H0 O- N+ ^, h4 y
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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.9 v+ V6 Z8 E6 J, l
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