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Website Privacy Policy Starter

A plain-English privacy policy for a typical small-business site: contact forms, analytics, email list, payments. Includes the disclosure sections most generators bury or skip.

Use this on any site that collects emails, data, or payments.

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Privacy Policy

[Your Company] · Last updated: [Date]

Before you publish: read every section and delete what you don't actually do. A privacy policy that claims less than you do is a legal risk; one that claims more than you do is too. If you serve EU/UK residents or California residents at scale, have a privacy professional review your final version.

This policy explains what information [Your Company] ("we") collects on [yourdomain.com] (the "Site"), how we use it, and the choices you have.

1. What we collect

Information you give us:

  • Contact forms / email: your name, email address, and whatever you write to us.
  • Newsletter signup: your email address.
  • Purchases: your name, email, and billing details. Payment card numbers go directly to our payment processor ([Stripe / processor name]); we never see or store full card numbers.

Information collected automatically:

  • Analytics: pages visited, approximate location (city level), device and browser type, and how you found us. We use [Google Analytics / Plausible / other] for this.
  • Cookies: small files that keep the Site working (and, if you use ads, measure them). You can block cookies in your browser; the Site will still mostly work.

2. How we use it

  • To respond when you contact us
  • To deliver what you bought and provide support
  • To send the newsletter you signed up for (every email has an unsubscribe link)
  • To understand how the Site is used so we can improve it
  • To comply with legal obligations (tax records, fraud prevention)

We do not sell your personal information.

3. Who we share it with

Only the service providers that run our business, and only what they need:

ProviderWhat for
[Stripe]Payment processing
[Resend / Mailchimp / etc.]Sending email
[Vercel / hosting provider]Hosting the Site
[Google Analytics / Plausible]Site analytics

We may also disclose information if the law requires it, or as part of a business sale (in which case this policy still applies to the transferred data).

4. How long we keep it

Contact messages: [2] years. Customer and purchase records: [7] years (tax requirements). Newsletter data: until you unsubscribe. Analytics: [14/26] months.

5. Your choices and rights

  • Email: unsubscribe anytime via the link in any newsletter.
  • Access and deletion: email us at [privacy@yourdomain.com] to ask what we hold about you or to ask us to delete it. We'll respond within [30] days. Depending on where you live (e.g., California, EU/UK), you may have additional legal rights — we honor valid requests under those laws.
  • Cookies: control them through your browser settings.

+ 4 more sections in the full template

This preview shows the opening clauses verbatim. The full file you download continues with:

6. Children7. Security8. Changes to this policy9. Contact

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