What you’re actually agreeing to when you accept a privacy policy

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Almost every new app or product that is connected to the internet forces you to accept a long, indecipherable privacy policy in order to use it. They contain important information, but tend to be impenetrable walls of text that are incomprehensible for anyone without a law degree.

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