&gt; &quot;I think the assertion is that Joe Public doesn&#x27;t really care about his&#x2F;her privacy anymore provided they consent to it&#x27;s initial release.&quot;<p>People do care about it, they just don&#x27;t think about it that often, or only think about people seeing their tamest online behaviour. Here&#x27;s one recent example of where a privacy policy did capture the public&#x27;s attention:<p><a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.marketwatch.com&#x2F;story&#x2F;snapchats-new-scary-privacy-policy-has-left-users-outraged-2015-10-29" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.marketwatch.com&#x2F;story&#x2F;snapchats-new-scary-privacy...</a>