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When you review a privacy policy, this privacy policy is supposed to tell you what data will be collected, and how your data will be used.
When a consumer reviews a [[privacy policy]], this privacy policy is supposed to inform the consumer what data will be collected, and how the data will be used. A '''[[wikipedia:Telephone_game|game-of-telephone]] privacy policy''' constitutes a situation whereby a consumer's agreement with an app developer may be different between the app developer's agreement with a third party. For instance:
 
A [[wikipedia:Telephone_game|game of telephone]] privacy policy constitutes a situation whereby my agreement with an app developer may be different between the app developer's agreement with a third party. For instance:


# Third party says that data collected using their SDK can be used to determine insurance rates by insurance providers.  
# Third party says that data collected using their SDK can be used to determine insurance rates by insurance providers.  
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This is akin to me agreeing with my friend James that we may engage in violent behavior. You become friends with my friend James. Therefore, as a result of your friendship with James, it becomes implied that '''''you have agreed to violent behavior.'''''
This is akin to me agreeing with my friend James that we may engage in violent behavior. You become friends with my friend James. Therefore, as a result of your friendship with James, it becomes implied that '''''you have agreed to violent behavior.'''''


An excellent example of this would be the relationship between Arity, a business selling data-collection SDKs, the mobile apps that use this SDK, and the user of those mobile apps, mentioned in the [[Allstate Arity driver data theft]] case.
An excellent example of this would be the relationship between [[Arity]] (a business that sells data-collection SDKs), the mobile apps that use Arity SDKs, and the user of those mobile apps, mentioned in the [[Allstate Arity driver data theft]] case.