About Privacy Panel
An independent project that brings transparency to privacy policies, one company at a time.
Mission
Privacy policies are long, deliberately opaque, and written by lawyers for lawyers. Privacy Panel translates them into a standardized label that anyone can read in 30 seconds.
Methodology
Every analysis follows the same three-step process:
We fetch the policy
We download the company's public privacy policy and extract the plain text.
AI extracts the facts
An AI extraction model reads the policy and extracts structured data: what data is collected, how it's shared, how long it's retained, what consumer rights are available, and whether privacy signals like GPC and DNT are honored. Each finding includes the source quote from the policy.
We render the label
We render the facts into a standardized Privacy Panel label modeled on FDA Nutrition Facts.
Conservative defaults
When a privacy policy is ambiguous or silent on a topic, we apply the consumer-unfavorable interpretation. A company that does not explicitly state it does not sell data will be treated as if it does. This is the conservative choice for consumer protection — it errs on the side of caution. The source evidence for each finding explains when this default was applied.
Legal disclaimers
Not legal advice. Privacy Panel is an informational tool, not legal advice. Nothing on this site should be construed as legal advice about your rights under any privacy law.
Opinions clearly labeled. The letter grade is our opinion based on our published rubric. It is clearly labeled as such on every analysis page. The factual extraction — what the policy says — is a restatement of the company's public disclosure.
Accuracy. We make good-faith efforts to analyze privacy policies accurately using the latest AI models and a carefully designed extraction prompt. However, AI systems can make mistakes, and privacy policies can change. Analyses are dated; always check the current policy on the company's website for the most up-to-date information.
Disputes. Companies that believe an analysis contains an error can submit a dispute with supporting evidence. We review all disputes and update analyses when warranted.
No affiliation. Privacy Panel is an independent project. We are not affiliated with any company we analyze, any privacy advocacy organization, or any law firm.
Contact
To report an issue with a specific company's analysis, use the Dispute link on that company's page. For anything else (including reporting a security vulnerability or asking a methodology question), email hello@privacypanel.org.
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