Cover your website with the right legal policies
Website Compliance. Bleh. Even the word compliance makes my brain switch off. And then there’s that annoying popup asking about cookies and GDPR on every single website. They can be annoying, but they are necessary. And even for us very small and solo business owners.
We need to make sure our websites are not getting us into legal trouble.
How to know if your website needs legal and privacy policies
You must have a good set of legal policies on your website. These include your privacy policy, cookie policy, website terms, terms of use, and any commerce-related terms.
If you collect any kind of data from your audience, like names or email addresses, or ask them to sign up for your mailing list, you need legal policies. This includes when they fill in a form on your website or use third-party tools like Dubsado, Google Forms, Typeform, or Salesforce. Even if you have a call to action button that take them to a different place to fill out a form - like a landing page - it’s your duty to let your visitors know how you’ll be using and storing their information.
And you definitely need Cookie Consent buttons for website visitors to either accept or decline and block if you’re using any website analytics to track your performance.
What you need to know before you create your legal policies
Things you will need to know before you get started:
What data you collect
How you use your users’ data
A list of all the tools plugged into your website
How you’ll store that data
What countries your users will come from
The easiest ways to create legal policies for your website
Termageddon - to stay up to date forever
This tool is called Termageddon. It generates all the necessary policies for you. And it’s super easy to use. You just need to answer some questions during the setup. It keeps your policies up-to-date with any legal changes and allows you to embed them into your website. And it covers all the policies your website will need.
Using Termageddon will save you money because you won't need to visit lawyers repeatedly. And it’ll save you the headache of learning everything about privacy policies and laws. The thing I love most about it, is that it automatically updates your terms to reflect any new changes in legislation.
And of course I have a discount for you. Get 10% off your first year with Termageddon by using my link* or enter promo code HALLCREATE to get 10 off your first year.
You can set it up now with my discount code to get 10% off. If you use my code and want help with the setup, get in touch with me for a complimentary onboarding service. And If you need help embedding the policies into your website, just get in touch and I’ll help.
How to use Termageddon to create your website legal policies.
K&K Legal - Real lawyers to take care of it for you
If you prefer it done for you, get in touch with Kirsty and Kate of K&K Consulting. They are used to writing legal policies for websites and do it all with you via email and Zoom, and are well versed in supporting accountants, freelancers, small business owners, landlords and tenants. Alternatively, you can purchase legal policy templates from the template store. For 10% off, enter ‘hallcreative’ at the checkout*.
