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Posted by lihaoquan
lihaoquan
12,045 Points

Who writes Privacy Policy?

Normally, who writes the Privacy Policy for a website? Does it concern the law? If its so, then is it better to find a professional to write it?

2 Answers

Ivan Villa
Ivan Villa
8,597 Points
Ivan Villa
Ivan Villa
8,597 Points

Usually thats provided by the client, and its up to the client to seek legal advice. I'm sure there are boilerplate Policies written and available on the web, but each organization is responsible for figuring out what legally works for them.

Kevin Korte
Kevin Korte
28,149 Points
Kevin Korte
Kevin Korte
28,149 Points

My experience it's been up to to the client, and it's not something I'd touch, I don't want to be liable. I'd tell them to go spend a few hundred dollars with a local lawyer and let them draft it up.

My mom works for a law firm, and they have standardized privacy policies that they tweak and modify based on the clients individual needs, so for a fairly standard business, it shouldn't cost much.

Than you, as the web developer, can just copy and paste the legal verbiage and be done with it.

If it's for you, you can get a generic privacy policy from Shopify here: http://www.shopify.com/tools/policy-generator