diff --git a/.github/workflows/deploy-Dataspace.yml b/.github/workflows/deploy-Dataspace.yml
index 90a638bd..3b7d9359 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/deploy-Dataspace.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/deploy-Dataspace.yml
@@ -192,6 +192,10 @@ jobs:
       # Explicit: run-smoke's api job falls back to the dev API when this is
       # unset, which would test dev's backend while gating a prod deploy.
       api_base_url: ${{ github.ref_name == 'main' && 'https://api.datakeep.civicdays.in' || 'https://dev.api.civicdataspace.in' }}
+      # Temporarily off the dev gate: provider-smoke create-flow tests are under
+      # a separate investigation (CivicDataSpace-test#103 and follow-ons). main
+      # already never runs provider (readonly suite), so this is a no-op there.
+      skip_provider: true
     secrets:
       # Literal, not a secret, so a missing value can't silently fall back to
       # the dev site through the `&& ||` idiom.
@@ -213,6 +217,8 @@ jobs:
     uses: CivicDataLab/CivicDataSpace-test/.github/workflows/run-smoke.yml@CI
     with:
       suite: functional
+      # Same temporary provider-suite exclusion as smoke-tests above.
+      skip_provider: true
       api_base_url: https://dev.api.civicdataspace.in
     secrets:
       HOME_URL_DEV: ${{ secrets.HOME_URL_DEV }}
diff --git a/app/[locale]/dashboard/components/main-footer.tsx b/app/[locale]/dashboard/components/main-footer.tsx
index 271cac71..fd8a32c8 100644
--- a/app/[locale]/dashboard/components/main-footer.tsx
+++ b/app/[locale]/dashboard/components/main-footer.tsx
@@ -45,8 +45,8 @@ const MainFooter = () => {
     : '/about-us';
 
   const privacyHref = isCollaborativeSubdomain
-    ? getPlatformPageUrl('/privacy', currentLocale)
-    : '/privacy';
+    ? getPlatformPageUrl('/privacy-policy', currentLocale)
+    : '/privacy-policy';
 
   const socialMedia = [
     {
diff --git a/proxy.ts b/proxy.ts
index cb172659..aa14bc16 100644
--- a/proxy.ts
+++ b/proxy.ts
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ const publicPages = [
   '/collaboratives',
   '/collaboratives/(.*)',
   '/about-us',
-  '/privacy',
+  '/privacy-policy',
   '/publishers',
   '/publishers/(.*)',
   '/search',