What is the privacy policy: keys to create it (well) on your website

A few days ago we talked about the importance of on a web page, and how it could be created. But what about the privacy policy? Is it essential that an eCommerce or website have a page dedicated to it?

The answer is clear: Yes.

of a personal nature, establishes that any web page that includes a form of a personal nature that users must fill out, that includes a contact email or uses those from which information can be obtained from users, is required to have a privacy policy.

What is the privacy policy

The privacy policy was created with the purpose of protecting and preserving the rights of people’s private space. Every time we enter a website and register as a user, we are providing our personal data to the company. With it, what we achieve is that limits are established for the use of this data and information.

Therefore, this policy dictates how such information must be used and stored.

Tips for creating a privacy policy page for your website

In order to comply with all legal requirements we have to take into account:

1. Open a record in the, indicating the files that we will use to collect data from web users.
2. Create a new page on our website with the privacy policy document. To write the text we can use the
3. It must include a required checkbox for usersand that has a link to the page where the privacy policy of our website is located.

These three steps are the basics to create a privacy policy on our website or eCommerce, but depending on the type of data we collect, whether economic, medical, etc., security level may vary. In case of doubt, there is always the option to ask ;).

We must also take into account that aside we must also generate texts for the right of access, rectification or cancellation by the user, as well as implement a backup system. Not having a privacy policy, or that it is incomplete or erroneous, can entail a sanction of up to 600,000 euros.

Any person, anonymously, can report a web page if it does not comply with the law or the corresponding legal texts.

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