Those Privacy Policies Flooding Your Inbox? Print Them Out and They Span a Football Field

Thanks to Europe’s GDPR, companies have bombarded you with their new privacy policies; how to read them without actually reading them

Those updated privacy policies flooding your inbox, due to Europe's GDPR, are so long that if you print out the ones from 30-some most-used apps, you could span a football field. Really. WSJ's Joanna Stern provides tips on how to tackle the gibberish.

This policy applies to all operations of the Service. Our lawyers said so. We may refer to the Company as “we,” “us,” or “our”... because companies have feelings, too. Thereto whilst we hope you are discouraged from reading this legalese, henceforth you expressly consent to the collection, use, and disclosure of all your personal information, defined as that which defines you.

If you’ve ever read a privacy policy (you probably haven’t), it has required a law degree and the focus of an anesthesiologist. But that’s changing—well,...