PRIVACY POLICY

The clarifications and information provided on this page have only the general and unspecific purpose of how to write your own Privacy Policy documents. You should not rely on this article as legal guidance or as recommendations on what you should effectively do, as we cannot know in advance what are the specific privacy policies you wish to stipulate between your company and your customers and visitors. We recommend that you seek legal advice if you need help to understand and create your own Privacy Policy.

Privacy Policy - fundamental notions

That said, a privacy policy is a statement that communicates some or all of the ways a website collects, uses, discloses, processes and manages the data of its visitors and customers. It also includes a statement regarding the website’s commitment to protecting the privacy of its visitors or customers, and a clarification about the different mechanisms that the site implements in order to protect privacy.

Different jurisdictions have different legal obligations as to what should be included in a Privacy Policy. You are responsible for complying with relevant legislation for your activities and location.

What to include in the Privacy Policy

In general terms, the Privacy Policy usually regulates the following issues: the types of information that the site is collecting and the way in which it collects the data; a clarification of why the site is collecting these types of information; what are the practices of the site regarding the sharing of information with third parties; in which ways in which its visitors and customers can exercise their rights according to relevant privacy legislation; specific practices regarding the collection of data of minors; and more. 

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