Title: Settings Privacy screen
Author: Kartik Shukla
Published: March 8, 2019
Last modified: June 8, 2024

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# Settings Privacy screen

## In this article

 * [Using Privacy Settings tool](https://wordpress.org/documentation/article/settings-privacy-screen/?output_format=md#using-privacy-settings-tool)

  [Where is the Privacy Policy page displayed?](https://wordpress.org/documentation/article/settings-privacy-screen/?output_format=md#where-is-the-privacy-policy-page-displayed)
  [To Theme Developers](https://wordpress.org/documentation/article/settings-privacy-screen/?output_format=md#to-theme-developers)
  [ Back to top](https://wordpress.org/documentation/article/settings-privacy-screen/?output_format=md#wp--skip-link--target)
  WordPress 4.9.6 included a Privacy Settings tool. Administrator can create new
  page or specify existing one as Privacy Policy page of the site.
  Note: The new page will include help and suggestions for your privacy policy. 
  However, it is your responsibility to use those resources correctly, to provide
  the information that your privacy policy requires, and to keep that information
  current and accurate.
  
  ### 󠀁[Using Privacy Settings tool](https://wordpress.org/documentation/article/settings-privacy-screen/?output_format=md#using-privacy-settings-tool)󠁿
  
  1. Select **Settings** -> **Privacy** from Administration Screens.
  [[
  2. Click **Create New Page** to generate a Privacy Policy Page. Or, Select an 
  existing page which you want to use from drop down box and click **Use This Page**.
  3. If you click **Create New Page**, then template page titled Privacy Policy 
  will be opened. Modify the contents and click Publish.
  Hint: If you need help, click the link of ‘Check out our guide’ for recommendations
  on what content to include.
  [[
  
  ## 󠀁[Where is the Privacy Policy page displayed?](https://wordpress.org/documentation/article/settings-privacy-screen/?output_format=md#where-is-the-privacy-policy-page-displayed)󠁿
  
  The Privacy Policy page will be shown on your login and registration pages. Notice
  the bottom Link ‘Privacy Policy’.
  [[
  It is your responsibility to create a link to the Privacy Policy page to every
  page on your site. But theme will support such function soon. For example, Twenty
  Seventeen adds the link to the Privacy Policy page at the bottom.
  
  ## 󠀁[To Theme Developers](https://wordpress.org/documentation/article/settings-privacy-screen/?output_format=md#to-theme-developers)󠁿
  
  For users convenience, you should refer these new functions.
   *  `get_privacy_policy_url()` – Retrieves the URL to the privacy policy page.
   *  `the_privacy_policy_link()` – Displays the privacy policy link with formatting,
     when applicable.
   *  `get_the_privacy_policy_link()` – Returns the privacy policy link with formatting,
     when applicable.
  This is the example from Twenty Seventeen (twentyseventeen/template-parts/footer/
  site-info.php)
      ```wp-block-preformatted
      if ( function_exists( 'the_privacy_policy_link' ) ) {
          the_privacy_policy_link( '', '<span role="separator" aria-hidden="true"></span>' );
      }
      ```
  
  
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  First published
  March 8, 2019
  Last updated
  June 8, 2024