How To Privacy Policy

Your Privacy Statement

describes how you handle information about the visitors of your website. You have to make a clear statement describing how each bit of data you gather is used. You should have a privacy policy if:

• You set Cookies
• Use Web Bugs (Tracking)
• Use Flash
• Collect any Personal Identifiable Information
• Collect any information from children

For a detailed explanation of these things: Look here

How do I find if and which cookies my page sets?

An easy way to get a list of all cookies that your webpage sets is to use Firefox privacy mode. How to browse privately? Look here. After starting private browsing mode, enter the url of your site and go to it. Click a bit around, but don't leave your site!

Now let's find out which cookies were set. Click Tools menu -> Options -> Privacy and choose "remove individual cookie". In this window you see all cookies that your page has set, including those set by external content.

Please explain what purpose the cookies you set have. In case cookies, which do not belong to your site are set, explain them too. If you use some kind of advertisement, chances are high that they set cookies. Take the relevant part of the privacy information of the ad company and add it to your cookie statement or link to the privacy statement of those companys.

For sample privacy policy's you may take a look at the WOT privacy policy. You find other samples here:

IT & e-commerce Section UK Government