People really don't read privacy policies, do they?

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I found this article about a comedian who created a fake hotline for people in the US to send in anonymous tips to ICE (archived because I was getting a stupid paywall):

This part really stood out to me:
But neither Palmer nor the website say they represent a government agency, and the sites’ privacy policies include disclaimers at the bottom saying they’re intended only for “parody, joke purposes and sociological research.”
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Reminds me of the old "if you need to hide something, put it in the second page of Google" jokes people make.
 
I paid a lawyer to write my privacy policy and haven't even read that.
 
Privacy policies are only read when shit has already gone down.
 
Starblazer said:
I'm the lawyer. I generated it using an online tool and proofread it using AI.
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Actually there's a big law update regarding user privacy and that's the reason I hired someone.
I wish I cared enough to check what she did.
 
roydan said:
Actually there's a big law update regarding user privacy and that's the reason I hired someone.
I wish I cared enough to check what she did.
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Does it really matter? I publish a privacy policy page just to complete the check list. Moreover, AI can handle most tasks these days. I wouldn't hire a lawyer unless there is a heavy legal risk. I guess that's what compelled you to hire a lawyer. Otherwise, just adding a clause that you're not responsible for what users publish would be sufficient like how most social media, forums, and discussion boards handle it (including black hat sites like nulled & cracked content).
 
Starblazer said:
Does it really matter? I publish a privacy policy page just to complete the check list. Moreover, AI can handle most tasks these days. I wouldn't hire a lawyer unless there is a heavy legal risk. I guess that's what compelled you to hire a lawyer. Otherwise, just adding a clause that you're not responsible for what users publish would be sufficient like how most social media, forums, and discussion boards handle it (including black hat sites like nulled & cracked content).
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It kinda does, because (here at least) a nicely crafted privacy policy will probably prevent a bored lawyer from starting to dig deeper and finding something you did mess up.
 
To be fair privacy policies on a lot of websites are really dense. If everyone spent time reading the privacy policies for every single thing they use then they wouldn’t have time for anything else.

It doesn’t help that some companies update privacy policies CONSTANTLY. Ugh.
 

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