diff --git a/hugolib/config.go b/hugolib/config.go
index cc808597c..b9cfd92d6 100644
--- a/hugolib/config.go
+++ b/hugolib/config.go
@@ -22,11 +22,19 @@ import (
 	"strings"
 
 	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/config"
+	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/config/privacy"
 	"github.com/gohugoio/hugo/helpers"
 	"github.com/spf13/afero"
 	"github.com/spf13/viper"
 )
 
+// SiteConfig represents the config in .Site.Config.
+type SiteConfig struct {
+	// This contains all privacy related settings that can be used to
+	// make the YouTube template etc. GDPR compliant.
+	Privacy privacy.Config
+}
+
 // ConfigSourceDescriptor describes where to find the config (e.g. config.toml etc.).
 type ConfigSourceDescriptor struct {
 	Fs afero.Fs
diff --git a/hugolib/config_test.go b/hugolib/config_test.go
index f6306dec1..aec673369 100644
--- a/hugolib/config_test.go
+++ b/hugolib/config_test.go
@@ -384,6 +384,6 @@ privacyEnhanced = true
 	b.WithConfigFile("toml", tomlConfig)
 	b.Build(BuildCfg{SkipRender: true})
 
-	assert.True(b.H.Sites[0].Info.PrivacyConfig.YouTube.PrivacyEnhanced)
+	assert.True(b.H.Sites[0].Info.Config.Privacy.YouTube.PrivacyEnhanced)
 
 }
diff --git a/hugolib/site.go b/hugolib/site.go
index 0ee0db4a7..b6ba636d4 100644
--- a/hugolib/site.go
+++ b/hugolib/site.go
@@ -388,11 +388,7 @@ type SiteInfo struct {
 	preserveTaxonomyNames bool
 	Data                  *map[string]interface{}
 
-	// This contains all privacy related settings that can be used to
-	// make the YouTube template etc.GDPR compliant.
-	// It is mostly in use by Hugo's built-in, but is also available
-	// for end users with {{ .Site.PrivacyConfig.YouTube.NoCookie }} etc.
-	PrivacyConfig privacy.Config
+	Config SiteConfig
 
 	owner                          *HugoSites
 	s                              *Site
@@ -1151,7 +1147,7 @@ func (s *Site) initializeSiteInfo() error {
 		Data:                           &s.Data,
 		owner:                          s.owner,
 		s:                              s,
-		PrivacyConfig:                  privacyConfig,
+		Config:                         SiteConfig{Privacy: privacyConfig},
 	}
 
 	rssOutputFormat, found := s.outputFormats[KindHome].GetByName(output.RSSFormat.Name)
diff --git a/tpl/tplimpl/embedded/templates.autogen.go b/tpl/tplimpl/embedded/templates.autogen.go
index ff65fe6a8..bd33e77b5 100644
--- a/tpl/tplimpl/embedded/templates.autogen.go
+++ b/tpl/tplimpl/embedded/templates.autogen.go
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ var EmbeddedTemplates = [][2]string{
 	{{ end }}
 </sitemapindex>
 `},
-	{`disqus.html`, `{{- $pc := .Page.Site.PrivacyConfig.Disqus -}}
+	{`disqus.html`, `{{- $pc := .Page.Site.Config.Privacy.Disqus -}}
 {{- if not $pc.Disable -}}
 {{ if .Site.DisqusShortname }}<div id="disqus_thread"></div>
 <script>
@@ -296,21 +296,21 @@ M66.52,7.74c-0.78-2.93-2.49-5.41-5.42-6.19C55.79,.13,34,0,34,0S12.21,.13,6.9,1.5
 <!-- image -->`},
 	{`shortcodes/gist.html`, `<script src="//gist.github.com/{{ index .Params 0 }}/{{ index .Params 1 }}.js{{if len .Params | eq 3 }}?file={{ index .Params 2 }}{{end}}"></script>`},
 	{`shortcodes/highlight.html`, `{{ if len .Params | eq 2 }}{{ highlight (trim .Inner "\n\r") (.Get 0) (.Get 1) }}{{ else }}{{ highlight (trim .Inner "\n\r") (.Get 0) "" }}{{ end }}`},
-	{`shortcodes/instagram.html`, `{{- $pc := .Page.Site.PrivacyConfig.Instagram -}}
+	{`shortcodes/instagram.html`, `{{- $pc := .Page.Site.Config.Privacy.Instagram -}}
 {{- if not $pc.Disable -}}
 {{ if len .Params | eq 2 }}{{ if eq (.Get 1) "hidecaption" }}{{ with getJSON "https://api.instagram.com/oembed/?url=https://instagram.com/p/" (index .Params 0) "/&hidecaption=1" }}{{ .html | safeHTML }}{{ end }}{{ end }}{{ else }}{{ with getJSON "https://api.instagram.com/oembed/?url=https://instagram.com/p/" (index .Params 0) "/&hidecaption=0" }}{{ .html | safeHTML }}{{ end }}{{ end }}
 {{- end -}}`},
 	{`shortcodes/ref.html`, `{{ if len .Params | eq 2 }}{{ ref .Page (.Get 0) (.Get 1) }}{{ else }}{{ ref .Page (.Get 0) }}{{ end }}`},
 	{`shortcodes/relref.html`, `{{ if len .Params | eq 2 }}{{ relref .Page (.Get 0) (.Get 1) }}{{ else }}{{ relref .Page (.Get 0) }}{{ end }}`},
-	{`shortcodes/speakerdeck.html`, `{{- $pc := .Page.Site.PrivacyConfig.SpeakerDeck -}}
+	{`shortcodes/speakerdeck.html`, `{{- $pc := .Page.Site.Config.Privacy.SpeakerDeck -}}
 {{- if not $pc.Disable -}}
 <script async class='speakerdeck-embed' data-id='{{ index .Params 0 }}' data-ratio='1.33333333333333' src='//speakerdeck.com/assets/embed.js'></script>
 {{- end -}}`},
-	{`shortcodes/tweet.html`, `{{- $pc := .Page.Site.PrivacyConfig.Tweet -}}
+	{`shortcodes/tweet.html`, `{{- $pc := .Page.Site.Config.Privacy.Tweet -}}
 {{- if not $pc.Disable -}}
 {{ (getJSON "https://api.twitter.com/1/statuses/oembed.json?id=" (index .Params 0)).html | safeHTML }}
 {{- end -}}`},
-	{`shortcodes/vimeo.html`, `{{- $pc := .Page.Site.PrivacyConfig.Vimeo -}}
+	{`shortcodes/vimeo.html`, `{{- $pc := .Page.Site.Config.Privacy.Vimeo -}}
 {{- if not $pc.Disable -}}
 {{ if .IsNamedParams }}<div {{ if .Get "class" }}class="{{ .Get "class" }}"{{ else }}style="position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; padding-top: 30px; height: 0; overflow: hidden;"{{ end }}>
   <iframe src="//player.vimeo.com/video/{{ .Get "id" }}" {{ if not (.Get "class") }}style="position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%;" {{ end }}webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen></iframe>
@@ -320,7 +320,7 @@ M66.52,7.74c-0.78-2.93-2.49-5.41-5.42-6.19C55.79,.13,34,0,34,0S12.21,.13,6.9,1.5
  </div>
 {{ end }}
 {{- end -}}`},
-	{`shortcodes/youtube.html`, `{{- $pc := .Page.Site.PrivacyConfig.YouTube -}}
+	{`shortcodes/youtube.html`, `{{- $pc := .Page.Site.Config.Privacy.YouTube -}}
 {{- if not $pc.Disable -}}
 {{- $ytHost := cond $pc.PrivacyEnhanced  "www.youtube-nocookie.com" "www.youtube.com" -}}
 {{- if $pc.Simple -}}
diff --git a/tpl/tplimpl/embedded/templates/disqus.html b/tpl/tplimpl/embedded/templates/disqus.html
index 3f44369a7..aebcd1447 100755
--- a/tpl/tplimpl/embedded/templates/disqus.html
+++ b/tpl/tplimpl/embedded/templates/disqus.html
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{{- $pc := .Page.Site.PrivacyConfig.Disqus -}}
+{{- $pc := .Page.Site.Config.Privacy.Disqus -}}
 {{- if not $pc.Disable -}}
 {{ if .Site.DisqusShortname }}<div id="disqus_thread"></div>
 <script>
diff --git a/tpl/tplimpl/embedded/templates/shortcodes/instagram.html b/tpl/tplimpl/embedded/templates/shortcodes/instagram.html
index 471dcc77d..ba6c5e601 100755
--- a/tpl/tplimpl/embedded/templates/shortcodes/instagram.html
+++ b/tpl/tplimpl/embedded/templates/shortcodes/instagram.html
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{{- $pc := .Page.Site.PrivacyConfig.Instagram -}}
+{{- $pc := .Page.Site.Config.Privacy.Instagram -}}
 {{- if not $pc.Disable -}}
 {{ if len .Params | eq 2 }}{{ if eq (.Get 1) "hidecaption" }}{{ with getJSON "https://api.instagram.com/oembed/?url=https://instagram.com/p/" (index .Params 0) "/&hidecaption=1" }}{{ .html | safeHTML }}{{ end }}{{ end }}{{ else }}{{ with getJSON "https://api.instagram.com/oembed/?url=https://instagram.com/p/" (index .Params 0) "/&hidecaption=0" }}{{ .html | safeHTML }}{{ end }}{{ end }}
 {{- end -}}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tpl/tplimpl/embedded/templates/shortcodes/speakerdeck.html b/tpl/tplimpl/embedded/templates/shortcodes/speakerdeck.html
index 5045f3478..5a3ca2620 100755
--- a/tpl/tplimpl/embedded/templates/shortcodes/speakerdeck.html
+++ b/tpl/tplimpl/embedded/templates/shortcodes/speakerdeck.html
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{{- $pc := .Page.Site.PrivacyConfig.SpeakerDeck -}}
+{{- $pc := .Page.Site.Config.Privacy.SpeakerDeck -}}
 {{- if not $pc.Disable -}}
 <script async class='speakerdeck-embed' data-id='{{ index .Params 0 }}' data-ratio='1.33333333333333' src='//speakerdeck.com/assets/embed.js'></script>
 {{- end -}}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tpl/tplimpl/embedded/templates/shortcodes/tweet.html b/tpl/tplimpl/embedded/templates/shortcodes/tweet.html
index ef2dd07a1..09adaf7e9 100755
--- a/tpl/tplimpl/embedded/templates/shortcodes/tweet.html
+++ b/tpl/tplimpl/embedded/templates/shortcodes/tweet.html
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{{- $pc := .Page.Site.PrivacyConfig.Tweet -}}
+{{- $pc := .Page.Site.Config.Privacy.Tweet -}}
 {{- if not $pc.Disable -}}
 {{ (getJSON "https://api.twitter.com/1/statuses/oembed.json?id=" (index .Params 0)).html | safeHTML }}
 {{- end -}}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/tpl/tplimpl/embedded/templates/shortcodes/vimeo.html b/tpl/tplimpl/embedded/templates/shortcodes/vimeo.html
index bd021376d..77dceed3d 100755
--- a/tpl/tplimpl/embedded/templates/shortcodes/vimeo.html
+++ b/tpl/tplimpl/embedded/templates/shortcodes/vimeo.html
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{{- $pc := .Page.Site.PrivacyConfig.Vimeo -}}
+{{- $pc := .Page.Site.Config.Privacy.Vimeo -}}
 {{- if not $pc.Disable -}}
 {{ if .IsNamedParams }}<div {{ if .Get "class" }}class="{{ .Get "class" }}"{{ else }}style="position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; padding-top: 30px; height: 0; overflow: hidden;"{{ end }}>
   <iframe src="//player.vimeo.com/video/{{ .Get "id" }}" {{ if not (.Get "class") }}style="position: absolute; top: 0; left: 0; width: 100%; height: 100%;" {{ end }}webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen></iframe>
diff --git a/tpl/tplimpl/embedded/templates/shortcodes/youtube.html b/tpl/tplimpl/embedded/templates/shortcodes/youtube.html
index b0da600a3..bbb3fdd07 100755
--- a/tpl/tplimpl/embedded/templates/shortcodes/youtube.html
+++ b/tpl/tplimpl/embedded/templates/shortcodes/youtube.html
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-{{- $pc := .Page.Site.PrivacyConfig.YouTube -}}
+{{- $pc := .Page.Site.Config.Privacy.YouTube -}}
 {{- if not $pc.Disable -}}
 {{- $ytHost := cond $pc.PrivacyEnhanced  "www.youtube-nocookie.com" "www.youtube.com" -}}
 {{- if $pc.Simple -}}