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The Real Reason No One Reads Privacy Policies

selectout PRIVACY POLICIESIES privacy manager A LOOK AT THE TOP 1,000 WEBSITES' PRIVACY POLICIES THE AVERAGE PRIVACY POLICY IS 2,462 WORDS LONG. WITH THE AVERAGE PERSON READING 244 WORDS PER MINUTE, IT TAKES ABOUT 10 MINUTES TO READ. SHORTEST PRIVACY POLICIES = 300 WORDS OR A BIT OVER 1 MINUTE TO READ & LONGEST PRIVACY POLICIES = 11,000 WORDS OR ABOUT 45 MINUTES. 74 LINK TO FEDERAL TRADE COMMERCE (FTC) 65 LINK TO FACEBOOK 355 114 LINKS TO GOOGLE 33 LINK TO BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU (BBB) 172 117 TRUST-E CERTIFIED 150+ REFERENCE TRACKING COMPANY 54 39 21 E-MAIL LISTED MOST COMMON WORDS OUT OF THE TOP 1,000 WEBSITES 38 124 387 WEBSITES DON'T EVEN HAVE A PRIVACY POLICY EXPLICITY SAY THEY SHARE INFORMATION WITH THIRD-PARTIES 720 LINK TO THE NETWORK ADVERTISING INITIATIVE FOR OPT-OUTS HAVE AN OPT-OUT OPTION www.selectout.org PRIVACY@ SUPPORT@ INFO@ LEGAL@ selectout PRIVACY POLICIESIES privacy manager A LOOK AT THE TOP 1,000 WEBSITES' PRIVACY POLICIES THE AVERAGE PRIVACY POLICY IS 2,462 WORDS LONG. WITH THE AVERAGE PERSON READING 244 WORDS PER MINUTE, IT TAKES ABOUT 10 MINUTES TO READ. SHORTEST PRIVACY POLICIES = 300 WORDS OR A BIT OVER 1 MINUTE TO READ & LONGEST PRIVACY POLICIES = 11,000 WORDS OR ABOUT 45 MINUTES. 74 LINK TO FEDERAL TRADE COMMERCE (FTC) 65 LINK TO FACEBOOK 355 114 LINKS TO GOOGLE 33 LINK TO BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU (BBB) 172 117 TRUST-E CERTIFIED 150+ REFERENCE TRACKING COMPANY 54 39 21 E-MAIL LISTED MOST COMMON WORDS OUT OF THE TOP 1,000 WEBSITES 38 124 387 WEBSITES DON'T EVEN HAVE A PRIVACY POLICY EXPLICITY SAY THEY SHARE INFORMATION WITH THIRD-PARTIES 720 LINK TO THE NETWORK ADVERTISING INITIATIVE FOR OPT-OUTS HAVE AN OPT-OUT OPTION www.selectout.org PRIVACY@ SUPPORT@ INFO@ LEGAL@ selectout PRIVACY POLICIESIES privacy manager A LOOK AT THE TOP 1,000 WEBSITES' PRIVACY POLICIES THE AVERAGE PRIVACY POLICY IS 2,462 WORDS LONG. WITH THE AVERAGE PERSON READING 244 WORDS PER MINUTE, IT TAKES ABOUT 10 MINUTES TO READ. SHORTEST PRIVACY POLICIES = 300 WORDS OR A BIT OVER 1 MINUTE TO READ & LONGEST PRIVACY POLICIES = 11,000 WORDS OR ABOUT 45 MINUTES. 74 LINK TO FEDERAL TRADE COMMERCE (FTC) 65 LINK TO FACEBOOK 355 114 LINKS TO GOOGLE 33 LINK TO BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU (BBB) 172 117 TRUST-E CERTIFIED 150+ REFERENCE TRACKING COMPANY 54 39 21 E-MAIL LISTED MOST COMMON WORDS OUT OF THE TOP 1,000 WEBSITES 38 124 387 WEBSITES DON'T EVEN HAVE A PRIVACY POLICY EXPLICITY SAY THEY SHARE INFORMATION WITH THIRD-PARTIES 720 LINK TO THE NETWORK ADVERTISING INITIATIVE FOR OPT-OUTS HAVE AN OPT-OUT OPTION www.selectout.org PRIVACY@ SUPPORT@ INFO@ LEGAL@ selectout PRIVACY POLICIESIES privacy manager A LOOK AT THE TOP 1,000 WEBSITES' PRIVACY POLICIES THE AVERAGE PRIVACY POLICY IS 2,462 WORDS LONG. WITH THE AVERAGE PERSON READING 244 WORDS PER MINUTE, IT TAKES ABOUT 10 MINUTES TO READ. SHORTEST PRIVACY POLICIES = 300 WORDS OR A BIT OVER 1 MINUTE TO READ & LONGEST PRIVACY POLICIES = 11,000 WORDS OR ABOUT 45 MINUTES. 74 LINK TO FEDERAL TRADE COMMERCE (FTC) 65 LINK TO FACEBOOK 355 114 LINKS TO GOOGLE 33 LINK TO BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU (BBB) 172 117 TRUST-E CERTIFIED 150+ REFERENCE TRACKING COMPANY 54 39 21 E-MAIL LISTED MOST COMMON WORDS OUT OF THE TOP 1,000 WEBSITES 38 124 387 WEBSITES DON'T EVEN HAVE A PRIVACY POLICY EXPLICITY SAY THEY SHARE INFORMATION WITH THIRD-PARTIES 720 LINK TO THE NETWORK ADVERTISING INITIATIVE FOR OPT-OUTS HAVE AN OPT-OUT OPTION www.selectout.org PRIVACY@ SUPPORT@ INFO@ LEGAL@ selectout PRIVACY POLICIESIES privacy manager A LOOK AT THE TOP 1,000 WEBSITES' PRIVACY POLICIES THE AVERAGE PRIVACY POLICY IS 2,462 WORDS LONG. WITH THE AVERAGE PERSON READING 244 WORDS PER MINUTE, IT TAKES ABOUT 10 MINUTES TO READ. SHORTEST PRIVACY POLICIES = 300 WORDS OR A BIT OVER 1 MINUTE TO READ & LONGEST PRIVACY POLICIES = 11,000 WORDS OR ABOUT 45 MINUTES. 74 LINK TO FEDERAL TRADE COMMERCE (FTC) 65 LINK TO FACEBOOK 355 114 LINKS TO GOOGLE 33 LINK TO BETTER BUSINESS BUREAU (BBB) 172 117 TRUST-E CERTIFIED 150+ REFERENCE TRACKING COMPANY 54 39 21 E-MAIL LISTED MOST COMMON WORDS OUT OF THE TOP 1,000 WEBSITES 38 124 387 WEBSITES DON'T EVEN HAVE A PRIVACY POLICY EXPLICITY SAY THEY SHARE INFORMATION WITH THIRD-PARTIES 720 LINK TO THE NETWORK ADVERTISING INITIATIVE FOR OPT-OUTS HAVE AN OPT-OUT OPTION www.selectout.org PRIVACY@ SUPPORT@ INFO@ LEGAL@

The Real Reason No One Reads Privacy Policies

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It was quite in vogue last year to be incensed over the privacy-related misdeeds of a certain monolithic social network, but let’s be honest — did anyone ever read the privacy policy to begin with...

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