Which Company Has the Worst Online Privacy Policy?
PC Magazine|November 2022
Most people don’t read privacy policies and have no idea what they agree to when signing up for tech services. But fo be fair, most policies are written to obfuscate and confuse.
ERIC GRIFFITH
Which Company Has the Worst Online Privacy Policy?

We hear a lot about privacy problems with various online apps and services. But those problems start the minute you sign up and, most likely, ignore the privacy policies. Because if you read them, you’d probably run screaming from your phone or computer.

But no one does that. The convenience, entertainment, and communication we get from all the things we sign up for outweigh most other considerations. And even if you did read every privacy policy you came across, you’d likely just come away punch-drunk with confusion. That’s because, as quantified by the folks at VPNoverview, privacy policies across the 50 top tech brands are written at a level most people can’t understand. And in some cases, they’d take so long to read that you’d need an afternoon off to get through them.

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