[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 MacbethTVBNOW 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。1 [" K  @7 E% }( W! B) r
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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。: v' R5 A/ l4 b3 p# z* X
Watchdog lists the worst culprits and calls for changes5.39.217.76! f+ {" @2 ~% }' N' c# U" Y+ P

2 H, \, |5 c# e& J5.39.217.76By Tom Gardner5.39.217.76% M' z* \3 Y3 ^

! L# L, e( U7 q' K9 o4 m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.
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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.
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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.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 N( J# u. J, ?4 \8 G/ U  Y) S

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Tough read: PayPal's terms and conditions stretched to 36,275 words - more than Shakespeare's classic Hamlet+ {9 u" R! C4 r0 S3 O" R

2 n' h" r# e2 i) O! o: m7 ALeading 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。+ x3 o& v, X+ o! _$ [& g
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The terms on Apple’s iTunes page is longer than Macbeth, according to the research.
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+ ?& a' K2 Y9 G- V6 f  j( ZA 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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+ V  ^6 C0 U2 [+ J( S( J6 uAmazon, 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.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。8 U$ F: ^! U) p& F3 c! B* T

& U! }: G  a9 B5.39.217.76The 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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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.
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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.& e, P& W6 j$ T) W9 N% A# c1 C( Z
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Feat of endurance: Reading every word of PayPal's terms and conditions would require considerable staminatvb now,tvbnow,bttvb, J3 G) y. E5 d! B) @
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Weighty tome: Apple's iTunes required users to wade through nearly 20,000 words
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Apple iTunes: 19,972 公仔箱論壇$ Q' _* P+ \4 g0 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。) R; v1 R, f3 Q* z- j; P' v
Windows Live: 14,714 2 R3 p4 F( u3 W% U5 B
Apple iOS 5: 13,366 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb7 \. J$ H8 K# |  @  [" e
Facebook: 11,195
4 h+ Y" ~% O. |* Q! H1 Otvb now,tvbnow,bttvbGoogle (inc Books/Chrome/Wallet): 10,640 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb/ L- v: U% B& m5 ?2 q  S0 s6 u
Apple iCloud: 10,724
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Amazon.co.uk: 5,212 tvb now,tvbnow,bttvb" ]0 [& W7 s2 x/ o1 s2 [
Twitter: 4,445 公仔箱論壇2 h5 f4 L# I" d" ~3 h) I
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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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, Y' `6 E. @1 I4 e5 V/ m; N5.39.217.76And before signing up to Apple’s iOS operating system, users are expected to read a further T&C folder containing 13,366 words.
, _- P( E+ I# S$ M2 X/ F* _6 }Others are not as bad but still have too many words to expect the average user to read them all, said Which?
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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.公仔箱論壇: E9 T- o, a0 z, `
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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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