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Default to Private

The takeaway

Ship products with the most protective privacy settings as the default state.

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Most users never change defaults — which means your default settings are your actual privacy policy. Designing the protective option as the starting point shifts the burden from the user to the system.

“Your defaults are your real privacy policy.”

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