politique de confidentialité
The English phrase "privacy policy" is translated into French as politique de confidentialité.
politique de confidentialité is the standard term used in legal and digital contexts to refer to a privacy policy in French-speaking regions.
Meaning: statement detailing policies that an organization uses to collect information about users (noun)
What does it mean word for word?
The phrase is composed of politique (policy) and de confidentialité (of confidentiality).
Which one should you use?
While politique de confidentialité is the standard term, you may also encounter Charte de confidentialité, which translates to "confidentiality charter".
How does it change in a sentence?
To make the phrase plural, only the word politique takes an s.
Did you know?
- In French, the noun politique can be both masculine and feminine, though 'une politique' refers to a specific policy and 'le politique' refers to the sphere of politics.
- In France, the strict enforcement of privacy is overseen by the CNIL, a powerful independent authority that can fine companies for poorly written privacy policies.
- While 'privacy' is the English concept, the French term confidentialité focuses more on the state of being 'confidential' or 'secret' than on the right to be left alone.
Examples in context
- La politique de confidentialité de cette application fait plus de trente pages !This app’s privacy policy is over thirty pages long!This sentence is useful for describing the length of the politique de confidentialité of an application.Tatoeba #8260432 by marioo, translation #8260436 by marioo
- La politique de confidentialité de ce magasin en ligne est difficile à comprendre.This online store's privacy policy is hard to understand.This sentence is useful for describing how difficult it is to understand the politique de confidentialité of an online store.Tatoeba #8133540 by marioo, translation #8133543 by marioo
- Politique de confidentialité : Cette politique régit la collecte, l'utilisation et la protection des informations personnelles des utilisateurs.Privacy Policy: This policy governs the collection, use, and protection of users' personal information.
- Vous devez accepter notre politique de confidentialité.You must accept our privacy policy.
Example conversation
Emma is helping Gabriel create a new website.
- GabrielEst-ce que le site a une politique de confidentialité ?Does the website have a privacy policy?
- EmmaOui, je l'ai ajoutée hier.Yes, I added it yesterday.
- GabrielC'est parfait, merci Emma.That's perfect, thanks Emma.
- EmmaDe rien, Gabriel.You're welcome, Gabriel.
Sources
- Wiktionary, “privacy policy” translations, CC BY-SA 4.0, dump of 2026-09-26.
- Example sentences: Tatoeba CC BY 2.0 FR.
