These Companies Have the WORST Privacy Policies

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Before you sign up for a service or create a website account, there are usually pages and pages of terms of service, end-user license agreements and privacy policies to go through

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The terms and conditions are usually generic and while the language is different for each app or service, the overall message is the same.

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Interestingly, several websites and YouTube channels go over each painstaking line and explain it in layperson's terms.

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Unfortunately, some websites make these policies deliberately challenging to read. Here are the worst offenders.

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Here are VPN Overview's top 10 worst Privacy Policies ranked by readability score

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Disney+ (2.83) Instagram (6.19) Coral (10.8)

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Zoom (15.01) Rightmove (15.54) Wayfair (19.3)

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Wikipedia (19.54) UPS (20.51) Adidas (23.54) Uber Eats (22.73)

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Tech giants like Netflix and Slack found themselves in 12th and 13th positions. Spotify came in at 14th, and Xbox landed the 16th position.

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