diff --git a/color-check-baseline.xml b/color-check-baseline.xml
index 3672e2d7a84..365cbe71abd 100644
--- a/color-check-baseline.xml
+++ b/color-check-baseline.xml
@@ -1245,6 +1245,22 @@
             column="5"/>
     </issue>
 
+    <issue
+        id="HardCodedColor"
+        severity="Error"
+        message="Avoid using hardcoded color"
+        category="Correctness"
+        priority="4"
+        summary="Using hardcoded color"
+        explanation="Hardcoded color values are bad because theme changes cannot be uniformly applied.Instead use the theme specific colors such as `?android:attr/textColorPrimary` in attributes.&#xA;This ensures that a theme change from a light to a dark theme can be uniformlyapplied across the app."
+            errorLine1="    &lt;color name=&quot;homepage_privacy_background&quot;>#1A73E8&lt;/color>"
+            errorLine2="    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~">
+        <location
+        file="res/values/colors.xml"
+        line="130"
+        column="5"/>
+    </issue>
+
     <issue
         id="HardCodedColor"
         severity="Error"
@@ -1257,7 +1273,7 @@
         errorLine2="    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~">
         <location
             file="res/values/colors.xml"
-            line="134"
+            line="135"
             column="5"/>
     </issue>
 
@@ -1273,7 +1289,7 @@
         errorLine2="    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~">
         <location
             file="res/values/colors.xml"
-            line="135"
+            line="136"
             column="5"/>
     </issue>
 
@@ -1289,7 +1305,7 @@
         errorLine2="    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~">
         <location
             file="res/values/colors.xml"
-            line="136"
+            line="137"
             column="5"/>
     </issue>
 
@@ -1305,7 +1321,7 @@
         errorLine2="    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~">
         <location
             file="res/values/colors.xml"
-            line="137"
+            line="138"
             column="5"/>
     </issue>
 
@@ -1321,7 +1337,7 @@
         errorLine2="    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~">
         <location
             file="res/values/colors.xml"
-            line="138"
+            line="139"
             column="5"/>
     </issue>
 
@@ -1337,7 +1353,7 @@
         errorLine2="    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~">
         <location
             file="res/values/colors.xml"
-            line="139"
+            line="140"
             column="5"/>
     </issue>
 
@@ -1353,7 +1369,7 @@
         errorLine2="    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~">
         <location
             file="res/values/colors.xml"
-            line="142"
+            line="143"
             column="5"/>
     </issue>
 
@@ -1369,7 +1385,7 @@
         errorLine2="    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~">
         <location
             file="res/values/colors.xml"
-            line="143"
+            line="144"
             column="5"/>
     </issue>
 
@@ -1385,7 +1401,7 @@
         errorLine2="    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~">
         <location
             file="res/values/colors.xml"
-            line="144"
+            line="145"
             column="5"/>
     </issue>
 
@@ -1401,7 +1417,7 @@
         errorLine2="    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~">
         <location
             file="res/values/colors.xml"
-            line="145"
+            line="146"
             column="5"/>
     </issue>
 
@@ -1417,7 +1433,7 @@
         errorLine2="    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~">
         <location
             file="res/values/colors.xml"
-            line="146"
+            line="147"
             column="5"/>
     </issue>
 
@@ -1901,6 +1917,22 @@
             column="17"/>
     </issue>
 
+    <issue
+        id="HardCodedColor"
+        severity="Error"
+        message="Avoid using hardcoded color"
+        category="Correctness"
+        priority="4"
+        summary="Using hardcoded color"
+        explanation="Hardcoded color values are bad because theme changes cannot be uniformly applied.Instead use the theme specific colors such as `?android:attr/textColorPrimary` in attributes.&#xA;This ensures that a theme change from a light to a dark theme can be uniformlyapplied across the app."
+        errorLine1="                android:color=&quot;@color/homepage_location_background&quot; />"
+        errorLine2="                ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~">
+        <location
+            file="res/drawable/ic_homepage_privacy.xml"
+            line="23"
+            column="17"/>
+    </issue>
+
     <issue
         id="HardCodedColor"
         severity="Error"
diff --git a/res/drawable/ic_homepage_privacy.xml b/res/drawable/ic_homepage_privacy.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..eec3c94b10a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/res/drawable/ic_homepage_privacy.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,36 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!--
+  Copyright (C) 2018 The Android Open Source Project
+
+  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<layer-list xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android">
+
+    <item>
+        <shape android:shape="oval">
+            <solid
+                android:color="@color/homepage_privacy_background"/>
+            <size
+                android:width="@dimen/dashboard_tile_image_size"
+                android:height="@dimen/dashboard_tile_image_size"/>
+        </shape>
+    </item>
+
+    <item
+        android:width="@dimen/dashboard_tile_foreground_image_size"
+        android:height="@dimen/dashboard_tile_foreground_image_size"
+        android:start="@dimen/dashboard_tile_foreground_image_inset"
+        android:top="@dimen/dashboard_tile_foreground_image_inset"
+        android:drawable="@drawable/ic_settings_privacy"/>
+</layer-list>
diff --git a/res/drawable/ic_settings_privacy.xml b/res/drawable/ic_settings_privacy.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..fcad83ab33b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/res/drawable/ic_settings_privacy.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+<!--
+  Copyright (C) 2018 The Android Open Source Project
+
+  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<vector xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
+    android:width="24dp"
+    android:height="24dp"
+    android:viewportWidth="24"
+    android:viewportHeight="24">
+  <path
+      android:fillColor="#FFFFFFFF"
+      android:pathData="M21.25,16.5v-0.66c0,-1.13 -1.03,-2.09 -2.25,-2.09s-2.25,0.96 -2.25,2.09v0.66H16V22h6v-5.5H21.25zM19.75,16.5h-1.5v-0.66c0,-0.29 0.38,-0.59 0.75,-0.59s0.75,0.3 0.75,0.59V16.5z"/>
+  <path
+      android:fillColor="#FFFFFFFF"
+      android:pathData="M12,17c-3.79,0 -7.17,-2.13 -8.82,-5.5C4.83,8.13 8.21,6 12,6s7.17,2.13 8.82,5.5H23C21.27,7.11 17,4 12,4S2.73,7.11 1,11.5C2.73,15.89 7,19 12,19c0.68,0 1.35,-0.06 2,-0.17v-2.05C13.35,16.91 12.69,17 12,17z"/>
+  <path
+      android:fillColor="#FFFFFFFF"
+      android:pathData="M16.43,12.23c0.04,-0.24 0.07,-0.48 0.07,-0.73C16.5,9.02 14.48,7 12,7s-4.5,2.02 -4.5,4.5S9.52,16 12,16c0.77,0 1.48,-0.21 2.12,-0.55C14.41,14.08 15.27,12.93 16.43,12.23zM12,14.2c-1.49,0 -2.7,-1.21 -2.7,-2.7s1.21,-2.7 2.7,-2.7s2.7,1.21 2.7,2.7S13.49,14.2 12,14.2z"/>
+</vector>
diff --git a/res/values/colors.xml b/res/values/colors.xml
index 11c1aaf4437..f55eb1a7813 100644
--- a/res/values/colors.xml
+++ b/res/values/colors.xml
@@ -127,6 +127,7 @@
     <color name="homepage_generic_icon_background">#1A73E8</color>
     <color name="homepage_location_background">#2EC7DC</color>
     <color name="homepage_about_background">#9FA8DA</color>
+    <color name="homepage_privacy_background">#5E97F6</color>
     <!-- End of dashboard/homepage icon background colors -->
 
     <color name="glif_error_color">@*android:color/material_red_A700</color>
diff --git a/res/values/strings.xml b/res/values/strings.xml
index f30c63d2f80..9e5cb2ade08 100644
--- a/res/values/strings.xml
+++ b/res/values/strings.xml
@@ -6658,6 +6658,8 @@
     <string name="help_url_auto_brightness" translatable="false" />
     <!-- Help URL, Previously connected bluetooth devices [DO NOT TRANSLATE] -->
     <string name="help_url_previously_connected_devices" translatable="false"></string>
+    <!-- Help URL, Top level privacy settings [DO NOT TRANSLATE] -->
+    <string name="help_url_privacy_dashboard" translatable="false"></string>
 
     <string name="help_url_network_dashboard" translatable="false"></string>
     <string name="help_url_connected_devices" translatable="false"></string>
@@ -10278,4 +10280,10 @@
     <string name="force_desktop_mode">Force desktop mode</string>
     <!-- UI debug setting: force desktop mode summary [CHAR LIMIT=NONE] -->
     <string name="force_desktop_mode_summary">Force experimental desktop mode on secondary displays</string>
+
+    <!-- Title for the top level Privacy Settings [CHAR LIMIT=30]-->
+    <string name="privacy_dashboard_title">Privacy</string>
+    <!-- Summary for the top level Privacy Settings [CHAR LIMIT=NONE]-->
+    <string name="privacy_dashboard_summary">Permission, permission usage</string>
+
 </resources>
diff --git a/res/xml/privacy_dashboard_settings.xml b/res/xml/privacy_dashboard_settings.xml
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..5d11936bf9f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/res/xml/privacy_dashboard_settings.xml
@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<!--
+  Copyright (C) 2018 The Android Open Source Project
+
+  Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+  you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+
+       http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+
+  Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+  distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+  WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+  See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+  limitations under the License.
+  -->
+
+<PreferenceScreen
+    xmlns:android="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res/android"
+    xmlns:settings="http://schemas.android.com/apk/res-auto"
+    android:key="privacy_dashboard_page"
+    android:title="@string/privacy_dashboard_title">
+
+    <Preference
+        android:key="privacy_manage_perms"
+        android:title="@string/app_permissions"
+        settings:keywords="@string/keywords_app_permissions"
+        settings:controller="com.android.settings.applications.AppPermissionsPreferenceController">
+        <intent android:action="android.intent.action.MANAGE_PERMISSIONS"/>
+    </Preference>
+
+    <SwitchPreference
+        android:key="show_password"
+        android:title="@string/show_password"
+        android:summary="@string/show_password_summary"
+        settings:controller="com.android.settings.security.ShowPasswordPreferenceController"/>
+
+    <!-- Privacy Service -->
+    <PreferenceCategory
+        android:key="privacy_services"/>
+
+    <PreferenceCategory
+        android:key="dashboard_tile_placeholder"/>
+
+</PreferenceScreen>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/res/xml/top_level_settings.xml b/res/xml/top_level_settings.xml
index 69c4bb83cd2..03e32dcfb27 100644
--- a/res/xml/top_level_settings.xml
+++ b/res/xml/top_level_settings.xml
@@ -82,6 +82,14 @@
         android:fragment="com.android.settings.deviceinfo.StorageSettings"
         settings:controller="com.android.settings.deviceinfo.TopLevelStoragePreferenceController"/>
 
+    <Preference
+        android:key="top_level_privacy"
+        android:title="@string/privacy_dashboard_title"
+        android:summary="@string/privacy_dashboard_summary"
+        android:icon="@drawable/ic_homepage_privacy"
+        android:order="-55"
+        android:fragment="com.android.settings.privacy.PrivacyDashboardFragment"/>
+
     <Preference
         android:key="top_level_location"
         android:title="@string/location_settings_title"
diff --git a/src/com/android/settings/core/gateway/SettingsGateway.java b/src/com/android/settings/core/gateway/SettingsGateway.java
index f61cb0c464d..7ba36887c4d 100644
--- a/src/com/android/settings/core/gateway/SettingsGateway.java
+++ b/src/com/android/settings/core/gateway/SettingsGateway.java
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ import com.android.settings.password.ChooseLockPassword;
 import com.android.settings.password.ChooseLockPattern;
 import com.android.settings.print.PrintJobSettingsFragment;
 import com.android.settings.print.PrintSettingsFragment;
+import com.android.settings.privacy.PrivacyDashboardFragment;
 import com.android.settings.security.CryptKeeperSettings;
 import com.android.settings.security.LockscreenDashboardFragment;
 import com.android.settings.security.SecuritySettings;
@@ -167,6 +168,7 @@ public class SettingsGateway {
             ProcessStatsUi.class.getName(),
             NotificationStation.class.getName(),
             LocationSettings.class.getName(),
+            PrivacyDashboardFragment.class.getName(),
             ScanningSettings.class.getName(),
             SecuritySettings.class.getName(),
             UsageAccessDetails.class.getName(),
diff --git a/src/com/android/settings/dashboard/DashboardFragmentRegistry.java b/src/com/android/settings/dashboard/DashboardFragmentRegistry.java
index 4c371ddfdc3..8b5d5219653 100644
--- a/src/com/android/settings/dashboard/DashboardFragmentRegistry.java
+++ b/src/com/android/settings/dashboard/DashboardFragmentRegistry.java
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ import com.android.settings.network.NetworkDashboardFragment;
 import com.android.settings.notification.ConfigureNotificationSettings;
 import com.android.settings.notification.SoundSettings;
 import com.android.settings.notification.ZenModeSettings;
+import com.android.settings.privacy.PrivacyDashboardFragment;
 import com.android.settings.security.LockscreenDashboardFragment;
 import com.android.settings.security.SecuritySettings;
 import com.android.settings.system.SystemDashboardFragment;
@@ -104,6 +105,8 @@ public class DashboardFragmentRegistry {
                 CategoryKey.CATEGORY_GESTURES);
         PARENT_TO_CATEGORY_KEY_MAP.put(NightDisplaySettings.class.getName(),
                 CategoryKey.CATEGORY_NIGHT_DISPLAY);
+        PARENT_TO_CATEGORY_KEY_MAP.put(PrivacyDashboardFragment.class.getName(),
+                CategoryKey.CATEGORY_PRIVACY);
 
         CATEGORY_KEY_TO_PARENT_MAP = new ArrayMap<>(PARENT_TO_CATEGORY_KEY_MAP.size());
 
diff --git a/src/com/android/settings/privacy/PrivacyDashboardFragment.java b/src/com/android/settings/privacy/PrivacyDashboardFragment.java
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..e3cd45768f6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/com/android/settings/privacy/PrivacyDashboardFragment.java
@@ -0,0 +1,70 @@
+/*
+ * Copyright (C) 2018 The Android Open Source Project
+ *
+ * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
+ * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
+ * You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *      http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
+ * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
+ * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
+ * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
+ * limitations under the License.
+ */
+
+package com.android.settings.privacy;
+
+import android.content.Context;
+import android.provider.SearchIndexableResource;
+
+import com.android.internal.logging.nano.MetricsProto.MetricsEvent;
+import com.android.settings.R;
+import com.android.settings.dashboard.DashboardFragment;
+import com.android.settings.search.BaseSearchIndexProvider;
+import com.android.settings.security.ShowPasswordPreferenceController;
+import com.android.settingslib.core.AbstractPreferenceController;
+import com.android.settingslib.search.SearchIndexable;
+
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.List;
+
+@SearchIndexable
+public class PrivacyDashboardFragment extends DashboardFragment {
+    private static final String TAG = "PrivacyDashboardFragment";
+
+    @Override
+    public int getMetricsCategory() {
+        return MetricsEvent.TOP_LEVEL_PRIVACY;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected String getLogTag() {
+        return TAG;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    protected int getPreferenceScreenResId() {
+        return R.xml.privacy_dashboard_settings;
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public int getHelpResource() {
+        return R.string.help_url_privacy_dashboard;
+    }
+
+    public static final SearchIndexProvider SEARCH_INDEX_DATA_PROVIDER =
+            new BaseSearchIndexProvider() {
+                @Override
+                public List<SearchIndexableResource> getXmlResourcesToIndex(Context context,
+                        boolean enabled) {
+                    final ArrayList<SearchIndexableResource> result = new ArrayList<>();
+
+                    final SearchIndexableResource sir = new SearchIndexableResource(context);
+                    sir.xmlResId = R.xml.privacy_dashboard_settings;
+                    result.add(sir);
+                    return result;
+                }
+            };
+}