noun · academic
privacy policy
UK/ˈprɪvəsi ˈpɒlɪsi/US/ˈprɪvəsi ˈpɑːləsi/PRIV·a·cy POL·i·cy
a statement by an organisation that explains how it collects and uses people's personal information
Examples
“Before signing up, check the app's privacy policy to see what data it collects.”
“The company updated its privacy policy after the new regulations came into force.”
“Read the privacy policy carefully if an app asks for access to your contacts.”
Band 8 sentence
“Before I signed up I skimmed the privacy policy to check whether the app would share my location data with third parties.”
Collocations
- read the privacy policy
- update the privacy policy
- post a privacy policy
Word family
Common mistakes
policy of privacy→privacy policy
personal privacy policy→privacy policy
Say it for a higher band
5privacy statement→6data protection policy→7+privacy policy
Synonyms
data protection policy
privacy statement
Easily confused
terms and conditions
“I always agree to the terms and conditions without reading them, but I check the privacy policy for data collection details.”
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