The Privacy Policy agreement

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:

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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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(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.

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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.