diff --git a/includes/class-wc-privacy.php b/includes/class-wc-privacy.php
new file mode 100644
index 00000000000..3019be21d17
--- /dev/null
+++ b/includes/class-wc-privacy.php
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+<?php
+/**
+ * Privacy/GDPR related functionality which ties into WordPress functionality.
+ *
+ * @since 3.4.0
+ * @package WooCommerce\Classes
+ */
+
+defined( 'ABSPATH' ) || exit;
+
+/**
+ * WC_Privacy Class.
+ */
+class WC_Privacy {
+
+	/**
+	 * Init - hook into events.
+	 */
+	public static function init() {
+
+	}
+}
+
+WC_Privacy::init();
diff --git a/includes/class-woocommerce.php b/includes/class-woocommerce.php
index f5da5e81c9f..21131ec0499 100644
--- a/includes/class-woocommerce.php
+++ b/includes/class-woocommerce.php
@@ -326,6 +326,7 @@ final class WooCommerce {
 		include_once WC_ABSPATH . 'includes/class-wc-cart-totals.php';
 		include_once WC_ABSPATH . 'includes/customizer/class-wc-shop-customizer.php';
 		include_once WC_ABSPATH . 'includes/class-wc-regenerate-images.php';
+		include_once WC_ABSPATH . 'includes/class-wc-privacy.php';
 
 		/**
 		 * Data stores - used to store and retrieve CRUD object data from the database.