Affordable, Auto-Updating Website Policies

I advise my website and care plan clients to have the proper policies in place on their websites to avoid potential fines and even lawsuits. The two biggest issues that clients face are the cost for setup (having an attorney create these policies can be expensive) and cost for changes (privacy laws change often enough to warrant new policies).

I’ve partnered with Termageddon, a cost-effective service that creates website policies that update automatically when the laws change.

Most clients will need one or more of the policies below.

Privacy Policy

If a website has a contact form, it needs a Privacy Policy.

Contact forms ask for a “name” and “email”, which are examples of “Personally Identifiable Information” (PII). A Privacy Policy is already required by law for websites that collect PII. Some states are proposing laws that will enable its citizens to sue businesses (of any size) located anywhere in the United States for not having the proper policies. 

Websites that collect email address for email marketing or use Google Analytics also need a Privacy Policy.

Terms & Conditions

If a website offers links to third party websites (eg. Facebook, Twitter, etc), it should have Terms & Conditions.

Terms & Conditions limit a company’s liability. If you provide a link to a 3rd party website that gets hacked, you don’t want to be liable for the users that visited the site because you provided a link to it; adding Terms & Conditions helps with this.

Disclaimer

If a website offers affiliate links, it should have a Disclaimer.

A lot of affiliate programs will require you to have a disclaimer, and consumers want to know when you’re getting paid for links you put on your website.

Websites that display advertisements or give health, fitness or legal advice also need a Disclaimer.

Cookie Policy & Consent Tool

If your website uses cookies and needs to comply with privacy laws such as the ePrivacy Directive, GDPR, UK DPA, PIPEDA, Quebec Law 25, and CPRA, you need a cookie policy and a way for users to consent.

A Cookie Policy explains to users the details of the types of cookies you use on your website and gives them all the information they might need in regard to how their personal data is being processed and used by the website in relation to cookies and tracking technologies.

Cookie consent is giving website users the ability to accept, reject, or specify what cookies and trackers a website can activate to process their personal information and track them.

More Information

I’m using Termageddon on this website! Click any of the links under Privacy in the footer to see an example of each policy.

If you are interested in implementing these policies on your website, get in touch.

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