Web3 Foundation: Reading Privacy Policies for One Digital Day Takes Up to 10 Workdays

A Web3 Foundation study of six modelled households in the UK and US found 1,195 privacy documents totalling over 5.38 million words. Reading the material linked to one ordinary digital day would take 37 to 83 hours, or up to 10.4 full workdays.

• 1,195 documents and over 5.38 million words tied to one digital day
• Reading takes 37 to 83 hours, or 4.6 to 10.4 workdays
• UK family scenario: 257 documents and 1,184,835 words, 34% more than Shakespeare's works
• Of 143 organisations, 118 (83%) describe using data for marketing