Comprehensive Website Policies for Your Peace of Mind

Website policies are legal documents that outline the rules, guidelines, and practices for using a website. They include privacy policies, cookie policies, cookie consent and terms of service to ensure compliance with legal regulations and build trust with users.

Since you are collecting personal information (e.g. name and email on your contact form), you are required to have a Privacy Policy. Currently, the following laws require Privacy Policies for most websites: 

• General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)
• UK Data Protection Act 2018
• California Online Privacy and Protection Act of 2003 (CalOPPA)
• California Privacy Protection Act (CCPA)
• Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act (PIPEDA)
• Delaware Online Privacy and Protection Act (DOPPA)
• Nevada Revised Statutes Chapter 603A;

There are also about a dozen other states that are proposing their own privacy laws that would require most businesses to have a Privacy Policy and would affect how that Privacy Policy is written, requiring you to make changes on a regular basis. 

You are collecting personal information on your website if you have a contact form that asks for the user’s name, email, or phone number. Also, you’re collecting personal information if you ask for the user’s email to sign them up for an email newsletter. 

While technically you could write these policies yourself, we do not recommend that you do so. There are a lot of laws, cases and legal opinions on how to write these policies correctly. If you have not spent years studying law and cases, it is very likely that the policy you write would be incomplete, incorrect and non-compliant. Also, there are currently a lot of new privacy laws that are being proposed and passed, meaning that you’d have to constantly stay up to date with these laws and amend your Privacy Policy yourself every time. This would take a lot of time and effort on your part and would take you away from your actual business.

Some of the laws that are being proposed or passed do not limit enforcement and liability to large companies only so your small business could be liable as well. Also, consumers do not distinguish between small and large businesses when it comes to protecting their privacy and are less likely to buy from companies that do not respect their privacy. 

Using a template that you found online is definitely tempting, especially since there are so many free ones out there. However, when you use a template, you can’t be sure who wrote it so you don’t know whether it’s correct or even compliant with the legal requirements. Also, a template does not automatically update, meaning that you’ll have to keep track of all of the constantly changing laws, which I’m going to guess is something that you don’t have time for. 

Terms of Service is a great way to answer frequently asked customer questions and protect yourself from liability. Terms of Service provides the following: 

• If you sell products and services, it provides information on refunds, order cancellations and returns. This will help answer customer questions and will take them further down the path to actually buying; 
• It will protect your intellectual property by making sure that everyone who goes onto your website knows that your logo, name, etc. are yours; and
• If you have links to third party sites on your website (e.g. social media links), it will help protect you in case the user gets a virus from that third party website. 

You could try and copy and paste someone else’s Privacy Policy, rewrite it to fit your website and then paste it onto your website. However, by doing so, you’d be committing copyright infringement, which could get you sued. Also, you don’t know whether that policy is compliant with the current laws and it won’t auto-update for you, meaning that you’ll have to keep track of the changes to the law which are increasing. Having Infinity3 generate a policy for you is much easier, less time consuming and safer. 

Website policies protect your business by ensuring compliance with laws such as GDPR and CCPA, reducing legal risks, and enhancing user trust by clearly explaining how their data is handled.

Policies should be updated regularly to reflect changes in laws and regulations. Our service offers automatic updates to ensure your policies remain current and compliant.

Our pricing plans include essential policies like privacy policy, cookie policy, cookie consent banner and terms of service (if required).

We charge a yearly fee for this service because it automatically updates your policies whenever the law changes. Over the last year, two new privacy laws went into effect in the US - California and Nevada and we have seen some changes in the United Kingdom as well. Also, there are about a dozen other states that are proposing new privacy laws as well. We charge a yearly fee because that’s a lot of research, studying and changes to your Privacy Policy that we undertake for you.

Getting started is easy. Choose the plan that best fits your needs, sign up through our website, and our team will guide you through the setup process to ensure your policies are implemented correctly.

Non-compliance can result in legal penalties and damage to your business’s reputation. Our services help you stay compliant by providing up-to-date, legally sound policies.

Yes, our support team is available to help you implement and manage your website policies, ensuring they are correctly integrated and maintained.

Automatic updates ensure that your website policies are always current with the latest legal requirements. Our team monitors changes in regulations and updates your policies accordingly.

Our plans are available on an annual basis, with no long-term contracts required. You can renew or change your plan as needed to continue receiving our services.