the privacy policy agreement
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Privacy Policy Agreement
A Privacy Policy (1) is the policy or the legal page where you need to:
(1) Link to https://termsfeed.com/privacy-policy/generator/
Specify if you collect personal data from users
What kind of personal data you collect from these users
And what you do with the data collected from users
This type of legal policy is also known under these names:
Privacy Statement
Privacy Notice
Privacy Information
Privacy Page
What is “personal data”
Personal data is any data that could be considered
personal (it identifies an individual).
Email address
First and last name
Billing and shipping address
Credit card information
And so on...
How a Privacy Policy is created and written may differ from one country to another, depending on the country legislation.
But here are 4 critical points to consider that goes in all Privacy Policies:
Notice Choice Access Security
Who needs a Privacy Policy
A Privacy Policy is required for any company/entity that
collects or uses personal information from users.
(2) Link to https://termsfeed.com/blog/privacy-policy-ecommerce-stores/
(3) Link to https://termsfeed.com/blog/privacy-policy-mobile-apps/
Web sites
WordPress blogs, or any other
platforms: Joomla!, Drupal etc
E-commerce stores (2)
Mobile apps (3)
Facebook apps
Desktop apps
Digital products
For example, not having a Privacy Policy can be a reason for rejection during the app review process.
Yes, a Privacy Policy is required for all iOS apps.
Section 17 of “Apple’s App Store Review Guidelines” and the “iOS Developer Program License”:
Privacy laws
(4) Link to https://termsfeed.com/blog/coppa/
(5) Link to https://termsfeed.com/blog/caloppa/
In the US, there isn’t a single federal law that governs Privacy Policies.
Privacy legislation may vary from one state to another. There are at least two you need to consider:
COPPA law (4)
California Online Privacy
Protection Act (5)
US
US
(6) Link to https://termsfeed.com/blog/sopipa/
(7) Link to https://termsfeed.com/blog/online-eraser/
Others include:
The Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act
Health Insurance Portability and
Accountability Act (HIPAA)
SOPIPA law (6)
Content Eraser law (7)
Canada
In Canada, it’s Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA) (8).
(8) Link to https://termsfeed.com/blog/pipeda/
Australia
In Australia, it’s the Privacy Act (9).
(9) Link to https://termsfeed.com/blog/privacy-policy-australia/
What to include in Privacy Policy
What to include in a Privacy Policy depends on:
What personal information you collect
How you collect it
What you are doing with that collected information
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?
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(10) Link to https://asana.com/privacy
Example of “Information we collect and use” clause in Asana (10) Privacy Policy.
How The Guardian (11) has the same clause in its Privacy Policy:
(11) Link to http://www.theguardian.com/help/privacy-policy
And many more.
Information Collection And UseLog DataCookiesLinks To Other SitesDo Not TrackSecurity
...
Where to link to the Privacy Policy
GitHub (12) links to its “Privacy Statement” at the bottom of its web pages:
(12) Link to https://help.github.com/articles/github-privacy-statement/
StackExchange (13) has a similar approach.
(13) Link to http://stackexchange.com/legal/privacy-policy
Dropbox (14) places the link as “Legal & Privacy” in the Settings menu of the mobile app.
(14) Link to https://www.dropbox.com/privacy
Twitter (15) does the same on its iOS app.
(15) Link to https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.twitter.android
Download Privacy Policy Template
Go to https://termsfeed.com/blog/sample-privacy-policy-template/
and download the template.
Credits
Icon from slide 1 created by Hea Poh Lin from Noun Project.