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Do I need a privacy policy?

by Matt281
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I'm very unclear on this. I've been making money from adsense for the past 3 months and haven't put up a privacy policy.

Will I get penalized in any way for not having one?

Is their any direct benefit from having one?

Thanks.
#policy #privacy
  • Profile picture of the author oneshotmarketing
    You don't necessarily need one and no, I doubt you'll get penalized in any way for it.. It's mainly there for people who come to your website or some just add it in for an extra page
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    • Profile picture of the author Fernando Veloso
      Originally Posted by oneshotmarketing View Post

      You don't necessarily need one and no, I doubt you'll get penalized in any way for it.. It's mainly there for people who come to your website or some just add it in for an extra page
      Wrong.

      He needs one, otherwise he might get his Adsense account terminated.

      OP, get one asap.
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      • Profile picture of the author whiplashclaims
        Yes for adsense, I would get a standardised one and modify it for your own purposes.
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        • Profile picture of the author paulgl
          I would put one up and google provides text for you to use.

          Thing is, I am not sure one will get banned now just because
          of that. It's a very low, low level offense. Not one that
          google cared much for in the past. Just my opinion.
          People get banned for click fraud, bogus traffic, etc.

          Anyway, it's pretty close to a moot point now anyway.

          Because of lawyers, lawsuits, and politicians, statewide,
          google and all the rest of the reputable content display
          ad businesses have now started using a built in privacy
          policy. It's that "Ad Choices" button google and yahoo
          use in their ads.

          Google could not in a million years guarantee that all
          sites had one. And certainly youtube and blogspot have
          built-in privacy policies too, garnered from the main
          site.

          So yes, slap one up, but it won't keep you from getting
          banned. Nor, IMHO, lack of one cause you to get banned.

          Yes, I am all for following adsense TOS, but this one morphed
          as others have. Google has just not come out and stated it.
          Plus, I do believe there are still some image/media ads that do not
          have the ad choices buttons.

          Be safe.

          paul
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  • Profile picture of the author ak1lz
    Its always a good idea to explain to your traffic what you plan to do with the data you gather while they visit / click through / sign up / buy anything from your website.
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  • Profile picture of the author kokopelli
    If you're displaying Adsense ads, you actually need an acceptable privacy policy: https://support.google.com/adsense/b...n&answer=48182
    AdSense publishers must have and abide by a privacy policy that discloses that third parties may be placing and reading cookies on your users' browsers, or using web beacons to collect information as a result of ad serving on your website.
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  • Profile picture of the author triobacklinkbuilder
    I 100% agree with Fernando Veloso.. Pls add it ..
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  • Profile picture of the author refinancepro
    I have actually seen quality scores rise after a privacy policy was added to a landing page running PPC on Adwords.
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