Digital Rights Data Sprint+P2.4 Changes to privacy policies - Prepaid Mobile+methodology

This metric seeks evidence that a company provides publicly available records of previous policies so that people can understand how the company’s policies have evolved over time.

Definition(s):

• Privacy policies – Documents that outline a company’s practices involving the collection and use of information, especially information about users.

  Source: “Protecting Consumer Privacy in an Era of Rapid Change: Recommendations for Businesses and Policymakers,” U.S. Federal Trade Commission, March 2012, p. 77.

• Public archive – A publicly available resource that contains previous versions of the terms of service or comprehensively explains each round of changes the company makes to its terms of service.

• Change log — A record that depicts the specific changes in a document, in this case, a terms of service document.

Potential sources:

• Company privacy policy

• Company data use policy