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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

Crisis Text Line with for-profit company is a WTF
Zynga Makes Privacy a Game

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

Lookout Gets Shout-Out for Short-Form Mobile Privacy Policy Tool
DuckDuckGo Rewarded for Keeping Privacy Simple

Be Transparent

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

Related Case Studies

Microsoft Shines in Fight to Bring Data Demands Out of Shadows
Companies Hailed for Issuing Transparency Reports

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

Etsy Suffers Privacy “DIY-saster”
Jay-Z App Data Collection “Verges on Parody”
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