Views on Privacy Policies of Various Websites

Views on Privacy Policies of Various Websites
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A privacy policy is a legal document that outlines how an organization, through its website, gathers, processes, and stores information of its visitors and customers. The majority of organization’s websites have privacy policies that explicitly indicate whether customers’ data is kept confidential, shared, or sold to other interested parties. Although the primary purpose of privacy policies is to disclose how websites protect visitors’ data, organizations can also use organizations to gain users’ trust. Despite privacy policies on websites, many companies have been accused of misusing visitors’ information. For instance, in 2018, Cambridge Analytica unlawfully obtained the personal data of more than 87 million people from Facebook’s website and used it in political campaigns. Similarly, in late 20...