Privacy Policy
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The explanations and information provided on this page are only general, high-level explanations and information on how to draft your own Privacy Policy document.
You should not consider this article as legal advice or recommendations on what you should actually do, as we cannot know in advance what specific privacy policies you want to establish between your business and your customers or visitors.
We recommend that you seek legal advice to better understand and assist you in creating your own Privacy Policy.
Privacy Policy – The Basics
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 a Privacy Policy should include.
Generally speaking, a Privacy Policy typically addresses issues such as: the types of information the website collects and how that data is collected; an explanation of why the website collects that type of information; the website's practices regarding data sharing with third parties; the ways visitors and customers can exercise their rights under applicable privacy laws; specific practices related to the collection of data from minors; among many other aspects.
For more information, see our article: “How to Create a Privacy Policy.”