Privacy Policy

A Legal Disclaimer

The explanations and information on this page are intended only as a general guide and information on how to create a privacy policy in general. You should not rely on this article as legal advice or recommendations on what you should do, as it is impossible to know in advance what specific privacy policy you want to establish between your business and your customers and visitors. We recommend that you seek legal advice when understanding and creating your privacy policy.

The explanations and information provided on this page are only general and high-level explanations and information on how to write your own document of a Privacy Policy. You should not rely on this article as legal advice or as recommendations regarding what you should actually do, because we cannot know in advance what are the specific privacy policies you wish to establish between your business and your customers and visitors. We recommend that you seek legal advice to help you understand and to assist you in the creation of your own Privacy Policy.

Privacy Policy - the basics

A privacy policy is a statement that discloses some or all of the ways a website collects, uses, discloses, processes and manages visitor and customer data. It typically also includes a statement about the website's efforts to protect the privacy of its visitors and customers, as well as a description of the various mechanisms the website has implemented to protect privacy. Legal obligations regarding what must be included in a privacy policy vary by jurisdiction. You are responsible for complying with laws relevant to your activities and location.

Having said that, a privacy policy is a statement that discloses some or all of the ways a website collects, uses, discloses, processes, and manages the data of its visitors and customers. It usually also includes a statement regarding the website's commitment to protecting its visitors' or customers' privacy, and an explanation about the different mechanisms the website is implementing in order to protect privacy.

Different jurisdictions have different legal obligations of what must be included in a Privacy Policy. You are responsible to make sure you are following the relevant legislation to your activities and location.

What to include in the Privacy Policy

Generally, privacy policies address many issues, including the types of information a website collects and how it collects it, an explanation of why the website collects this information, the website's practices for sharing information with third parties, how website visitors and customers can exercise their rights under relevant privacy laws, and specific practices regarding data collection of minors. For more information, see our article on "Creating a Privacy Policy."

Generally speaking, a Privacy Policy often addresses these types of issues: the types of information the website is collecting and the manner in which it collects the data; an explanation about why is the website collecting these types of information; what are the website's practices on sharing the information with third parties; ways in which your visitors and customers can exercise their rights according to the relevant privacy legislation; the specific practices regarding minors' data collection; and much, much more.

To learn more about this, check out our article “ Creating a Privacy Policy ”.