1. Privacy Policy
Agreement

2. 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

3. This type of legal policy
is also known under
these names:
Privacy
Statement
Privacy
Notice
Privacy
Information
Privacy
Page

4. What is
“personal data”

5. Personal data is any data
that could be considered
personal (it identifies
an individual).

6. Email address
First and last name
Billing and shipping address
Credit card information
And so on...

7. 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

8. Who needs a
Privacy Policy

9. A Privacy Policy is required
for any company/entity that
collects or uses personal
information from users.

10. (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

11. For example, not having a Privacy Policy
can be a reason for rejection during the
app review process.

12. 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”:

13. Privacy laws

14. (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

15. 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)

16. Canada
In Canada, it’s Personal Information
Protection and Electronic Documents
Act (PIPEDA) (8).
(8) Link to https://termsfeed.com/blog/pipeda/

17. Australia
In Australia, it’s the Privacy Act (9).
(9) Link to https://termsfeed.com/blog/privacy-policy-australia/

18. What to include
in Privacy Policy

19. 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
?
?
?

20. (10) Link to https://asana.com/privacy
Example of “Information we collect and use”
clause in Asana (10) Privacy Policy.

21. How The Guardian (11) has the same clause
in its Privacy Policy:
(11) Link to http://www.theguardian.com/help/privacy-policy

22. And many more.
Information Collection And Use
Log Data
Cookies
Links To Other Sites
Do Not Track
Security
...

23. Where to link to
the Privacy Policy

24. 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/

25. StackExchange (13) has a similar approach.
(13) Link to http://stackexchange.com/legal/privacy-policy

26. Dropbox (14) places the
link as “Legal & Privacy”
in the Settings menu of
the mobile app.
(14) Link to https://www.dropbox.com/privacy

27. Twitter (15) does the
same on its iOS app.
(15) Link to https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.twitter.android

28. Download Privacy Policy Template
Go to
https://termsfeed.com/blog/sample-privacy-policy-template/
and download the template.

30. Credits
Icon from slide 1 created by Hea Poh Lin from Noun Project.