Defining Privacy: How Users Interpret Technical Terms in Privacy Policies

Abstract Recent privacy regulations such as GDPR and CCPA have emphasized the need for transparent, understandable policies. This work investigates role technical terms play in policy transparency. We identify potentially misunderstood that appear policies through a survey of current pilot user study. then run study on Amazon Mechanical Turk to evaluate whether users can accurately define these terms, commonly held misconceptions, investigate how use affects users’ comfort with find are broadly particular misconceptions common. also various their reported likeliness accept those conclude poses challenge transparency privacy, companies should take steps mitigate this effect.