Yes, legalese is typically considered bad, and in some cases, it can void the legality of your policies, especially privacy policies, which must be written in plain language and easy for users to understand.
Legalese makes statements difficult to understand by using complicated legal jargon, Latin, or overly obscure language.
Using legalese could make your other contracts and policies void in a legal dispute, as it obscures the meaning of a given document. Users cannot agree to policies they cannot understand.
Policies and contracts are more likely to hold up in court if they are written in plain language instead of legalese.
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