Comment Legally Binding? (Score 1) 119
Just how legally binding are privacy policies in the first place? I've taken the time to specifically look for privacy policies on many sites, only to discover that they either don't have one or have one that is completely inscrutable by anyone not a lawyer. What are they designed to do in the first place? Protect the user? Protect the owner of the website from legal action from a user? Does anyone ever actually read a privacy policy?