"privacy policy" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: privacy policies [plural]
Etymology: * privacy + policy Etymology templates: {{compound|en|privacy|policy}} privacy + policy Head templates: {{en-noun}} privacy policy (plural privacy policies)
  1. (law) A statement detailing policies that an organization or party uses to collect or hide information about an end user or customer of the organization, particularly where it concerns private information. Categories (topical): Law Related terms: private affairs, political science, policy Coordinate_terms: public policy Translations (statement detailing policies that an organization uses to collect information about users): سياسة الخصوصية (Arabic), 隱私政策 /隐私政策 (yǐnsī zhèngcè) (Chinese Mandarin), 隱私權原則 /隐私权原则 (yǐnsīquán yuánzé) (Chinese Mandarin), 隱私策略 /隐私策略 (yǐnsī cèlüè) (Chinese Mandarin), privatlivspolitik [common-gender] (Danish), privacybeleid [neuter] (Dutch), yksityisyyskäytäntö (Finnish), tietosuojakäytäntö (Finnish), tietosuojaseloste (Finnish), politique de confidentialité (French), კონფიდენციალურობის პოლიტიკა (ḳonpidencialurobis ṗoliṭiḳa) (Georgian), კონფიდენციალობის დებულება (ḳonpidencialobis debuleba) (Georgian), კონფიდენციალურობის დებულება (ḳonpidencialurobis debuleba) (Georgian), Datenschutzrichtlinie (German), Datenschutzerklärung [feminine] (German), プライバシーポリシー (puraibashī porishī) (Japanese), സ്വകാര്യതാനയം (svakāryatānayaṁ) (Malayalam), personvernerklæring [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), política de privacidade [feminine] (Portuguese), политика конфиденциальности (politika konfidencialʹnosti) (Russian), política de privacidad [feminine] (Spanish), integritetspolicy (Swedish), patakaran sa pagkapribado (Tagalog)

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