Privacy Policies are Required EverywhereIt's a practice of being transparent towards your users about what is happening with their personal data that they are providing you with - knowingly and unknowingly. Here is a comprehensive overview of the legal landscape. Legal Requirements Regarding Privacy PoliciesMost countries have privacy laws that require you to include a privacy policy - a statement of your data collection as a disclosing service to your visitors or users - as a website owner or app developer. It's important to understand that this is a global phenomenon and there are mostly a few similar criterions that trigger such a requirement. Usually the trigger is the collection or sharing of personal information like names, emails, images or any other means of identifying a returning user (the way ad networks serve targeted advertising for example). "Commercial" is an often used trigger for privacy policies, which is generally defined broadly in order for it to cover a wide range of cases. The California Online Privacy Protection Act (CalOPPA)
Special care regarding childrenIf your service is also made for children you must comply with the Children’s Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), which requires that operators of websites or online services that are either directed to children under 13, or which have actual knowledge that they are collecting personal information from children under 13: must give notice to parents and get their verifiable consent before collecting, using, or disclosing such personal information and must keep secure the information they collect from children. Do you need a Privacy Policy right now? I can help! Notice: This page is attorney advertising and does not establish an attorney-client relationship, which is only formed when you have signed an engagement agreement. No information provided to Initiate Advancement Legal Solutions will be confidential unless an engagement agreement has been signed between you and the firm. All information provided is not advice, and should be relied upon as such. Engage your own attorney to address your unique legal needs. We cannot guarantee results; past results do not guarantee future results.
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