Privacy Policy
A Privacy Policy agreement is the agreement where you specify if you collect personal data, what kind of personal data you collect from users and what you do with that data.
This agreement is required by law if you collect personal data. Personal data is any kind of data or information that can be considered personal (identifies an individual):
Email address
First and last name
Billing and shipping address
Credit card information
The Privacy Policy can be used for both your website and mobile app if it’s adapted to include the platforms your business operates on.
The contents of a Privacy Policy may differ from one country to another, depending on the country legislation, but most privacy laws identify the following critical points that a business must comply with when dealing with personal data:
Notice. Data collectors (meaning, you or your company) must make clear what they are doing with the personal information from users before gathering it.
Choice. The companies collecting the data must respect the choices of users on what information to provide and how personal that provided information will be.
Access. Users should be able to view or contest the accuracy of personal data collected by the company.
Security. The companies are entirely responsible for the accuracy and security (keeping it properly away from unauthorized eyes and hands) of the collected personal information.
This means that a “Privacy Policy” serves as a way to inform users how their personal information will be used, along with how the information will be collected and who has access to it.