Legal Question in Business Law in California

Re: Contract Language

The phrase looks like the heading of a paragraph or section of a contract. If so, it has little or no legal meaning. Headings in a contract are for convenience in finding material of substance and are not part of the substance themselves. So, in a sense, the phrase is meaningless.

In another sense, it is shorthand for the contents of the paragraph or section it heads. Thus, its meaning depends upon the contents of the following paragraph or section.

A computer check of California appellate decisions did not reveal any case in which the phrase "Information Use Practices" appears in the reported decision. Based on this, it is fairly safe to say the phrase is not a recognized legal term nor in common use anywhere.

Re: Contract Language

It depends upon the context. It looks like it may be a heading and may not have a particular meaning in and of itself. However, it may be that there is a particular meaning that the other side(s) has in mind. If so, you should not be asking an attorney, but you should ask the other parties to the contract to give a specific definition to be placed IN the contract, or make an addendum to the contract with the definition.