does having or not have privcy policy and terms & condition

[goneinthesun]

does having or not have privcy policy and terms & condition in your site have any bearing on search engine ranking?

Your input are greatly appreciated.

[Raymond]

No. It does not affect ranking at all.

[etechsupport]

I think its bearing somewhat on search engine ranking as a site map can.

[tomda]

I think it depends on how these pages are linked (in- and outgoing links).

If all your webpages have a link to your policy page and the former have few outgoing links, then I presume this page should gain a higher PR (though PR are not really relevant nowadays).

So, as said above, I think it does as much as "sitemap", "policy", "term of use", "about us" or whatever pages having links in every pages of your website.

It is just an assumption though ;)