Opinion | Let’s Retire the Phrase ‘Privacy Policy’ - The New York Times
▻https://www.nytimes.com/2018/08/20/opinion/20Turow.html
It’s hard to avoid the conclusion that the term “privacy policy” benefits data collectors over the public. The label’s phrasing was not a result of research or agency deliberation. In fact, back in 1998 the F.T.C. used the phrase “information practice statement” for the data-disclosure document it wanted. It didn’t take hold, possibly because companies realized that “privacy policy” embodied the ambiguity they wanted.
Fifteen years of research consistently shows that the label is deceptive — depending on the survey, between 54 percent and 73 percent of Americans assume companies won’t share their information without permission.