Your website needs a Privacy Policy. Here are a few tips on what your Privacy Policy needs to include so you can display it adequately on your website. Learn more here: https://privacypolicies.com/blog/how-write-privacy-policy/

1. How to Write an Online
Privacy Policy

2. Having an online Privacy Policy is an important step towards
transparency, honesty and legal compliance.
It’s where you inform the world about your interactions
with legally-protected personal information, such as what
information you collect, how you use it and how you allow
users to exercise their privacy rights.

3. Everyone’s Privacy Policy will be
a bit different depending
on what laws the Policy has to
follow and the nature of the
business it’s for.
However, there are some topics
that are consistently seen
in most if not all online Privacy
Policies.

4. Start by creating these clauses
when writing your own online
Privacy Policy.

5. Note that in most cases the structure and format of your
clauses is really up to you.
As long as you cover the required information, you can do it
in a variety of methods, from bullet-point lists to charts and
paragraph formats.

6. What Data You Collect
and Why

7. Be as informative as possible here and let people know
what categories and specific pieces of data you collect, and
what you will use it for.
If you collect data through multiple different outlets, such
as from the user, through social media, from marketing
partners, etc., include each one.
Don’t forget to include the less obvious types of data such
as geolocational data, IP addresses and data collected via
cookies.

9. How You Use Collected Data

10. Thoroughly disclose all the ways you
use or may use the data you collect.
Some common uses of data include
for analytics purposes, displaying
personalized ads and contacting
customers with important updates,
but you need to be business-specific
here and reflect your actual uses.

12. Children’s Clause

13. Even if children aren’t your target audience, it’s wise to include
a clause that states you don’t knowingly collect information
from children under the age of 13.
Many privacy laws provide extra protection to children in this
age group.

14. If your business does knowingly
collect personal information from
children under 13 or is designed
in a way that would likely attract
children, you’ll need to become
familiar with the laws that deal
with children’s privacy such as
COPPA.
But for most businesses, a clause
like the previous one will suffice.

15. Business Transfers

16. Even if you don’t have active plans
to sell or merge your business, you
should include a clause that lets
customers know what you’ll do
with their data in the event of a
business transfer.
This will make them feel more
secure sharing their data with you
now, knowing what may happen to
it down the road.

18. Data Retention

19. Privacy laws put limits on how long
data can be retained.
Include a clause that acknowledges
you only retain data for as long as
it’s needed and that you follow the
applicable laws.

21. Dispute Resolution/Arbitration

22. This clause can help protect your business from lawsuits, while
also giving your customers peace of mind knowing they have a
remedy other than a costly lawsuit if they have an issue.

23. Future Changes to
Your Privacy Policy

24. Retain your right to update your Policy at any time, and let your
customers know how you will notify them of any changes.

25. Contact Information

26. Let your customers know how they can contact you.
It’s best to provide multiple different methods of contact such
as a toll-free phone number, email address, mailing address
and a contact form.

27. After you have your complete
Privacy Policy, make sure you
display it properly and get your
customers to consent to it.