Privacy Policy & Terms Of Use? Anyone?

[GoGetta]

Good Morning Warriors,

Well, if you are in the UK, it's morning! hehe

Just a quick bit of advice needed!

I want to construct a standard Privacy Policy and Terms Of Use to my website, anyone know of any sources I can grab these and alter them???

Thanks

GoGetta

[Rob Maggs]

Good day fellow UK Warrior. If you are using Wordpress then there are a couple of Plugins which will do everything for you. Privacy Policy 1.1 is good,you can get it here:
http://www.synclastic.com/privacy-policy-1.1.zip

If you are not using the Wordpress platform, this may be useful:

Free Privacy Policy Generator - Template


Hope this helps

Rob

[GoGetta]

Hey Rob, Thanks, that worked a treat!

Now for the "Terms Of Use"

Anyone got any resources? Also, if I take this from another site and just edit my website details into it, is this allowed???

GoGetta

[Kevin Riley]

Originally Posted by GoGetta

Hey Rob, Thanks, that worked a treat!

Now for the "Terms Of Use"

Anyone got any resources? Also, if I take this from another site and just edit my website details into it, is this allowed???

GoGetta

Be very careful. There were a few marketers burned badly about a year ago for copyright infringement. The had used a generator that was using a copyrighted set of legal forms (privacy policy, tos, etc). I believe it cost them a few grand.

I'm using a generator I purchased from the lawyers who created the forms, which gives me license to use them. Much safer. Cost me about $150, but that's a lot cheaper than a few $1000s in compensation.

[GoGetta]

Ok,

Didn't know that, Thanks Kevin!

It looks like I may have to bite the bullet and purchase one for future use!

GoGetta

[Istvan Horvath]

Hopefully Kevin wasn't talking about this site: Free disclaimer - I have generated a few free documents on their site...

[Kevin Riley]

Originally Posted by Istvan Horvath

Hopefully Kevin wasn't talking about this site: Free disclaimer - I have generated a few free documents on their site...

Istvan

No, I believe it was a different one. I never used it myself, so not too sure.

[DogScout]

Generic Privacy policy I wrote you can alter to your needs:

Our Privacy Policy

The xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx has created this Privacy Policy in order to demonstrate our firm commitment to your privacy. The short version is: We do not sell or give away your name or any information about you, to anyone, without a court order.

If you have any questions or concerns about any part of this web site or need any assistance in reference to any sales or downloads, please feel free to e-mail us at:

xxxxxxx@xxxxxxxxx

E-mail:

When you send us e-mail we won't keep or share your e-mail address with anyone outside of xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx staff. We'll only use your e-mail address to respond to your requests for information. And send you useful and interesting information.

Information Collection:

When you browse, read pages or download information on our website, we automatically gather and store certain technical information about your visit. This information never identifies who you are. This information is collected for statistical purposes only. The information we collect and store about your visit is listed below:

>The Internet domain and IP address from which you access our website
>The type of browser and operating system used to access our site
>The date and time you access our site
>The pages you visit and
>If you linked to our website from another website, the address of that website.

Sometimes we use "cookies," which are small amounts of text stored on your computer. The only cookies we use are to inform your browser that you have visited the site previously. A Web server can only retrieve information from a cookie it created. It can’t look at other cookies to gather more information.

Site Security:

We monitor visits to the web site to identify any attempt to tamper with it.

We accept no personal information to this site other than your name and email to keep you updated.
We would only try to identify you personally when required to do so by a law enforcement investigation.

Tampering with the xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx web site is against the law. If anyone tries to tamper with it, they may be punished under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986.

Links to Other Sites

Our website has links to many other web sites. When you go to another site, you are subject to the privacy and security policies of that site. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx cannot attest to the accuracy of information provided there.

Linking to a web site does not constitute an endorsement by xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, or any of its affiliates or sponsors, of the sponsors of the site or the products presented on the site.

~xxxxxxxxxxxxx Staff

[mjnet]

this is so very timely as i am in the process of working on mine. dogscout, thank you for sharing your template.

i have a question... which really shows how noob i am --- how do i know i am using cookies? my plan is to have a blog with postings and ads to link to my advertisers. also, i have just installed google analytics. and i use blue host for hosting....

[mjnet]

bump....thanks.....

[kindsvater]

Originally Posted by Istvan Horvath

Hopefully Kevin wasn't talking about this site: Free disclaimer - I have generated a few free documents on their site...

Don't use that site. You may be better off not having any policy than using some generic crap you find online to "grab."

Some time ago I created documents for Warriors mainly so they wouldn't get burned by that PriorityDigital junk.

Here is your link: Warrior Special - Webmaster's Legal Guide

Not only do you receive documents you can use and modify, but you also get a crash course plainly explaining what different legal terms mean and why they need to be in your terms.

The ultimate goal is not just to find some legal terms to throw-up to say you have them.

The goal is (1) to prevent lawsuits from being filed in the first place, and (2) if there is a legal problem, to get out as quickly and cheaply as possible.

You can use this on all of your websites.

.

[Elmer Hurlstone]

Hi Brian,

Does your package address the new, soon-to-be-implemented, FTC guidelines?

Thanks,

Elmer

[GoGetta]

Yes Brian,

That seems like just what I need, but I have the same question as Elmer above?

GoGetta

[kindsvater]

I'll make sure you have update information by the weekend - although there isn't much to be concerned about.

There are no new FTC regulations. On December 1st there is nothing new a person could be sued for that they cannot already be sued for on November 30th. But there is additional clarification and guidance from the FTC about what may be considered deceptive advertising.

I have some easy tips for people to follow that should make a lot of sense and which should increase the marketability of many products.