Privacy Policy
The digital and internet world is advancing and taking over our day-to-day life. Ranging from the conducting of business online to getting your work done, internet is all over our life. And with this there are many information’s sensitive and non-sensitive which are provided by the user’s foe getting the services or the tasks being done.
Say, a person is making an order for some products on Amazon.com, and for completing this order he should not only provide the address or the residence details but also have to provide the payment details along with the OTP for verification. Filling in such sensitive data is crucial and for providing this with safety and security it is vital there is proper legal record or report designed and implemented for managing the data which is collected from the user, such that the data provided are protected.
The Elements of Privacy Policy
- The policy should provide details or data that will be required by the website like the name, email ID, mobile number and such other information for the convenience of providing service.
- The use of such information or the reason why such information was collected, say for taking the delivery address.
- The security measures which are laid down so as to ensure that the data furnished are not misused or made use for any unauthorized purpose or accessing information without the permission for the same.
- If the website is providing any link to another websites, then the disclaimer that the website is not providing any security or protection on how the information’s given by the user in such websites.
- The cancellation policy if any held by the website with regard to the orders placed on the website by the consumer, say once placed it cannot be cancelled or that it can only be cancelled within a limited period of time.
- The refund policy held by the website with regard to their consumers. This should be provided clearly on the privacy policy.
Terms of Service
Terms of Service or the ToS, means the rules and regulations which the developer or the developing entity of the software for the services provided by them. It functions as a legal agreement between the service provider and the user. It is similar to the EUL or the End User Licensing. But EULA is used in games, or such similar services provided.
The Privacy Policy is one of the information’s which is covered under Terms of Service along with the other information’s like:
- Security Measures
- Cancellation Policy
- Opt-Out Provisions
- Data Collection and Storage Policies
- Accountability Provisions
- Provisions on Liability.
Importance of Privacy Policy
There are certain points pertaining to Privacy Policy which makes it important for the companies to adopt the same:
- The law requires websites to have clearly laid down Privacy Policy for collecting or taking in information from the users availing their service.
- The third-party services like Google Analytics, AdWords or such other parties you are associated with requires Privacy Policy that is containing detailed information about using services, plugins and such other elements.
- It provides the users with a hint on the security and privacy provided to them as they are required to furnish sensitive or personal information on the website for availing the services. And for this they should feel safe and secure.
So, we can conclude that Privacy Policy is asort of assurance which is provided by the website owner to the user for providing his information such that the service can be availed. The user should be assured that the information will not be used for any cause which is unauthorized or not permitted by such provider.
Our Role
With Ritedger you will get expert service from our board of experts to customize and develop a privacy policy which would help you ensure an easy and complex free functioning of the website and the availing of services by the users.
The service will be provided at your convenience where we will assign you with a representative who can serve you the best. There will be a proper communication channel laid down with this between us such that the service can be completed without any difficulty or hindrance being caused.
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