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Privacy & Free Speech

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  • Overview
  • About
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  • PRIVACY
    • Respect Your Data
    • Plan Ahead
    • Be Transparent
    • Partner With Your Users
  • FREE SPEECH
    • Encourage Speech
    • Moderate Cautiously
    • Promote Creativity
    • Speak Up
  • CASE STUDIES
  • RESOURCES
    • Legal Landscape
    • Additional Resources
    • Endnotes
    • Transparency Reporting

Privacy

Make Your Privacy Practices Stand Out.

Respect Your Data

  • DO YOU COLLECT AND STORE DATA SECURELY?
  • DO YOU COLLECT AND USE ONLY THE DATA YOU NEED?
  • DO YOU PROVIDE EFFECTIVE NOTICE OF DATA COLLECTION?
  • DO YOU IDENTIFY AND RESPECT USER EXPECTATIONS?

Related Case Studies

Mobile Phone Carriers Ring Up $20 Million FCC Proposed Penalty for Lax Privacy and Security
Sell Data and Say You Didn’t: How Flo Health Got In Trouble with the FTC

Plan Ahead

  • DO YOU HAVE COMPREHENSIVE PRIVACY AND SECURITY PRACTICES?
  • HOW WILL YOU ENSURE YOUR PRIVACY AND SECURITY PRACTICES ARE EFFECTIVE?
  • HOW WILL YOU PROTECT YOUR USERS AND YOUR COMPANY IF A BREACH OCCURS?

Related Case Studies

Spotify’s Problem “Isn’t Privacy, It’s Terrible Communications”
Zoom Tries to Blur its Own Background—Quietly Changes Terms of Service to Allow AI to Train on User Information

Be Transparent

  • DO YOU EFFECTIVELY COMMUNICATE YOUR PRIVACY PRACTICES TO YOUR USERS?
  • DO YOU PROVIDE EFFECTIVE NOTICE OF DATA COLLECTION?

Related Case Studies

The FTC Called, Consumers Want Their Privacy Back: Amazon Ring allowed Employees to Spy on Customers in Intimate Spaces
Mobile Phone Carriers Slammed for Selling User Geolocation

Partner with Your Users

  • DO YOU IDENTIFY AND RESPECT USER EXPECTATIONS?
  • DO YOU GIVE USERS CONTROL OVER THEIR PERSONAL INFORMATION?
  • DO YOU STAND UP FOR YOUR USERS’ PRIVACY?

Related Case Studies

Facebook Forced to Backtrack on Privacy Changes
Spotify’s Problem “Isn’t Privacy, It’s Terrible Communications”
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