It's "have read," because you're using the present perfect tense since you want to describe a state of being. If you just said "read," then you're using past tense and you're describing an action that has taken place in the past and completed in the past.

 

Yea, i got it. I know that. I posted this to prove a friend wrong :chuckles:

 

"I have read and understand the policies listed above and agree to comply with them."

have read -> past
understand -> present

working on something ... one sec ...

 

I read and understood the policies listed above. I agree to comply with them.

or

By reading and understanding the policies above, I agree to comply with them.

 

no, because you can still understand something after reading it. understood would be saying that you did understand while reading it, but do not now.

 

Je confirme avoir lu, compris et accepté les Conditions générales

 

that reminds me of canadian bacon..

"I think you konw what you did wrong.
those words must be posted in both french and english..."