What is privacy policy?Wikipedia states that privacy policy is “ a statement or a legal document (in privacy law) that discloses some or all of the ways a party gathers, uses, discloses, and manages a customer or client's data.” It is often presented in a way that bores and confuses the person whose information it’s collecting. Privacy policies are really long and use specific terminology which often leads to people skipping reading it. However, they give a valuable insight of what kind of personal information companies collect and how they use it. Due to the growing importance and popularity of social media in our cultures I chose to analyse privacy policies of Instagram and Snapchat and check the level of awareness their users have.Purpose of the researchThe aim of this study is to provide more understanding of privacy policies, their role in users’ informational self-determination and companies’ profitability. Moreover, this research raises awareness and analyses public perception of the subject matter.Survey participationThis survey can take up to 10 minutes to complete. It contains a series of questions on an aforementioned topic that are aimed at estimating public awareness of the content of privacy policies.This survey targets individuals who have accounts on Instagram and Snapchat.Participants are free to quit the survey a any time without any negative consequences.The survey is completed anonymously.ResultsThe results of this survey will be used for a research paper for Stockholm University and will only be available to the researcher and certain members of the course.ContactIf you have any comments, concern or wish to see the final result of this research, feel free to contact me:Name: Viktoriia KhokhlovaE-mail: vkst28@gmail.com