privacypreferences

noun
UK /ˈprɪv.ə.si ˈpref.ər.əns.ɪz/
US /ˈpraɪ.və.si ˈpref.ər.əns.ɪz/

The choices you make about who can see or use your personal information.

Before installing the app, she checked her privacy preferences to decide what data it could collect.


OTHER MEANINGS

2. The settings in a device or app that control how your information is shared.

He adjusted his privacy preferences so the game could not access his location.

3. A person's stated wishes about how their private information is handled.

The clinic asked patients to record their privacy preferences in the online form.

4. The part of a website where you choose what cookies and trackers are allowed.

A pop-up asked her to review her privacy preferences before she continued browsing.