diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/nmc/android/ui/PrivacySettingsInterface.kt b/app/src/main/java/com/nmc/android/ui/PrivacySettingsInterface.kt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..860ffada08ab
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/nmc/android/ui/PrivacySettingsInterface.kt
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+package com.nmc.android.ui
+
+import android.content.Context
+
+/**
+ * interface to open privacy settings activity from nmc/1921-settings branch
+ * for implementation look nmc/1878-privacy branch
+ * this class will have the declaration for it since it has the PrivacySettingsActivity.java in place
+ * since we don't have privacy settings functionality in this branch so to handle the redirection we have used interface
+ */
+interface PrivacySettingsInterface {
+    fun openPrivacySettingsActivity(context: Context)
+}
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/com/owncloud/android/ui/activity/SettingsActivity.java b/app/src/main/java/com/owncloud/android/ui/activity/SettingsActivity.java
index a61e542e1bca..6d6114150490 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/com/owncloud/android/ui/activity/SettingsActivity.java
+++ b/app/src/main/java/com/owncloud/android/ui/activity/SettingsActivity.java
@@ -55,12 +55,12 @@
 import com.nextcloud.client.etm.EtmActivity;
 import com.nextcloud.client.logger.ui.LogsActivity;
 import com.nextcloud.client.network.ClientFactory;
+import com.nmc.android.ui.PrivacySettingsInterface;
 import com.nextcloud.client.preferences.AppPreferences;
 import com.nextcloud.client.preferences.AppPreferencesImpl;
 import com.owncloud.android.BuildConfig;
 import com.owncloud.android.MainApp;
 import com.owncloud.android.R;
-import com.nmc.android.ui.PrivacySettingsActivity;
 import com.owncloud.android.authentication.AuthenticatorActivity;
 import com.owncloud.android.datamodel.ArbitraryDataProvider;
 import com.owncloud.android.datamodel.ArbitraryDataProviderImpl;
@@ -149,6 +149,16 @@ public class SettingsActivity extends PreferenceActivity
     @Inject ClientFactory clientFactory;
     @Inject ViewThemeUtils viewThemeUtils;
 
+    /**
+     * Things to note about both the branches.
+     * 1. nmc/1921-settings branch:
+     *    --> interface won't be initialised
+     *    -->  calling of interface method will be done here
+     * 2. nmc/1878-privacy
+     *    --> interface will be initialised
+     *    --> calling of interface method won't be done here
+     */
+    private PrivacySettingsInterface privacySettingsInterface;
 
     @SuppressWarnings("deprecation")
     @Override
@@ -352,11 +362,10 @@ private void setupDataPrivacyCategory(int titleColor) {
             privacySettingPreference.setTitle(StringUtils.getColorSpan(getString(R.string.privacy_settings),
                                                                              titleColor));
             privacySettingPreference.setOnPreferenceClickListener(preference -> {
-                //Compile time error will be shown here while running build from here
-                //look for nmc/1878-privacy for the PrivacySettingsActivity.
-                //this is workaround to avoid code conflict of settings and privacy
-                // TODO: 05/17/23 find a way to have the redirection in privacy branch.
-                PrivacySettingsActivity.openPrivacySettingsActivity(this, false);
+                //implementation and logic will be available in nmc/1878-privacy
+                if (privacySettingsInterface != null) {
+                    privacySettingsInterface.openPrivacySettingsActivity(SettingsActivity.this);
+                }
                 return true;
             });
         }
diff --git a/app/src/main/res/values/setup.xml b/app/src/main/res/values/setup.xml
index ef8460abecb5..1071e74eb68e 100644
--- a/app/src/main/res/values/setup.xml
+++ b/app/src/main/res/values/setup.xml
@@ -75,7 +75,8 @@
     <string name="sourcecode_url" translatable="false">https://github.com/nextcloud/android</string>
     <bool name="license_enabled">true</bool>
     <string name="license_url" translatable="false">https://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-2.0.html</string>
-    <string name="url_imprint">https://www.telekom.de/impressum</string>
+    <!-- todo add url imprint, conflict error is coming right now as tobias -->
+    <string name="url_imprint"></string>
     <string name="url_app_download">"https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.nextcloud.client"</string>
     <string name="url_server_install">https://nextcloud.com/install</string>