Phrase guide

privacy policy

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

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.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: law

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Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: policy

History

Etymology

From privacy + policy.

Across languages

Translations

25 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: سياسة الخصوصية — statement detailing policies that an organization uses to collect information about users
  • Chinese Mandarin: 隱私政策 /隐私政策 (yǐnsī zhèngcè) — statement detailing policies that an organization uses to collect information about users
  • Chinese Mandarin: 隱私權原則 /隐私权原则 (yǐnsīquán yuánzé) — statement detailing policies that an organization uses to collect information about users
  • Chinese Mandarin: 隱私策略 /隐私策略 (yǐnsī cèlüè) — statement detailing policies that an organization uses to collect information about users
  • Danish: privatlivspolitik — statement detailing policies that an organization uses to collect information about users
  • Dutch: privacybeleid — statement detailing policies that an organization uses to collect information about users
  • Finnish: yksityisyyskäytäntö — statement detailing policies that an organization uses to collect information about users
  • Finnish: tietosuojakäytäntö — statement detailing policies that an organization uses to collect information about users
  • Finnish: tietosuojaseloste — statement detailing policies that an organization uses to collect information about users
  • French: politique de confidentialité — statement detailing policies that an organization uses to collect information about users
  • Georgian: კონფიდენციალურობის პოლიტიკა (ḳonpidencialurobis ṗoliṭiḳa) — statement detailing policies that an organization uses to collect information about users
  • Georgian: კონფიდენციალობის დებულება (ḳonpidencialobis debuleba) — statement detailing policies that an organization uses to collect information about users
  • Georgian: კონფიდენციალურობის დებულება (ḳonpidencialurobis debuleba) — statement detailing policies that an organization uses to collect information about users
  • German: Datenschutzrichtlinie — statement detailing policies that an organization uses to collect information about users
  • German: Datenschutzerklärung — statement detailing policies that an organization uses to collect information about users
  • Icelandic: persónuverndarstefna — statement detailing policies that an organization uses to collect information about users
  • Japanese: プライバシーポリシー (puraibashī porishī) — statement detailing policies that an organization uses to collect information about users
  • Malayalam: സ്വകാര്യതാനയം (svakāryatānayaṁ) — statement detailing policies that an organization uses to collect information about users
  • Norwegian Bokmål: personvernerklæring — statement detailing policies that an organization uses to collect information about users
  • Portuguese: política de privacidade — statement detailing policies that an organization uses to collect information about users
  • Russian: политика конфиденциальности (politika konfidencialʹnosti) — statement detailing policies that an organization uses to collect information about users
  • Spanish: política de privacidad — statement detailing policies that an organization uses to collect information about users
  • Swahili: sera ya faragha — statement detailing policies that an organization uses to collect information about users
  • Swedish: integritetspolicy — statement detailing policies that an organization uses to collect information about users
  • Tagalog: patakaran sa pagkapribado — statement detailing policies that an organization uses to collect information about users