The Conditions of Privacy
Introduction
How it works
In the past two decades, internet has become a massive
medium of communication and a platform of information. To
help us to find our way online services were founded, such as search engines and communication platforms. Nowadays,
many of us use them daily , to watch videos, to see where we
should go when traveling or to contact our friends. Most of us
couldn’t realize living without these services. We are online
right after waking up and just before going to sleep. We can
be when sitting comfortably in our bed in pyjamas, or even on the toilet ; whenever and wherever we want to. All of us
online, for free.
But we are missing an important detail . That's because it was designed for us to miss it. It goes under the names as Terms and Conditions , Privacy Policy, Terms of Service etc. Have you ever read all of the terms and conditions of the services you use? Probably not. Or even a single one? The text is too long, with too many insignificant details in them. On top of that, the type of language used in these texts often is a juridical jargon that even lawyers are afraid of. Besides, sometimes half of the text is hidden in hyperlinks to another page, making the texts even longer and unstructured. Yes, these texts were designed to skip over, to want you to click on "I Agree" in order get rid of them. The fact that using internet services is not free , is written in there.
But we are missing an important detail . That's because it was designed for us to miss it. It goes under the names as Terms and Conditions , Privacy Policy, Terms of Service etc. Have you ever read all of the terms and conditions of the services you use? Probably not. Or even a single one? The text is too long, with too many insignificant details in them. On top of that, the type of language used in these texts often is a juridical jargon that even lawyers are afraid of. Besides, sometimes half of the text is hidden in hyperlinks to another page, making the texts even longer and unstructured. Yes, these texts were designed to skip over, to want you to click on "I Agree" in order get rid of them. The fact that using internet services is not free , is written in there.
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Amazon
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2950
Sentences
173
Baidu
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467
Sentences
19
Dropbox
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1892
Sentences
101
eBay
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5215
Sentences
188
Facebook
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3378
Sentences
147
Google
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3591
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147
Last.fm
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4360
Sentences
289
Linkedin
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8009
Sentences
446
Pinterest
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1937
Sentences
97
Reddit
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3215
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163
Skype
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1838
Sentences
77
Spotify
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3361
Sentences
152
Taobao
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84
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Words in total
4226
Sentences
172
Twitter
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Words in total
1939
Sentences
100
Vimeo
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Words in total
3701
Sentences
173
Wikipedia
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13
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6332
Sentences
273
Yahoo
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1
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1432
Sentences
69
Youtube
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928
Sentences
46
The Extension
In order to avoid incorrect information after update, this analysis can be done dynamically by using the Chrome Extension of The Conditions of Privacy. It refers you to the privacy policy page of a website, which can then be analysed with this app.
You can download the app here or go to the github page.
The Alternatives
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Contribute
Would you like to participate on this project or do you have anything to add to it? For the extension it's best to comment directly on the Github page. Do you have something else to say?
Of course you can us an e-mail.
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☼ 2015, Vera van de Seyp
Student at the Graphic Design department of the Royal Academy of Arts, The Hague.