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Understanding the fine print in a Privacy Policy

Are you a compulsive liar? Do you consistently click ‘I Agree’ to having read the Terms of Service or Privacy Policy of a website or application even though you haven’t?

The Zero Knowledge Privacy Foundation provided a slideshow that covers the Privacy Policy that is very familiar to all of us yet still remains a mystery. For those of us who are not lawyers, understanding the importance of what is included and what is left out from a privacy policy might not earn a second thought. The slideshow explains and provides examples of:

  1. What’s the point of a privacy policy?
  2. Are companies required to have one?
  3. How do privacy policies vary between companies?
  4. How might they change in the future?

You can watch the slideshow at ZeroKnowledgePrivacy.org