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Have you ever given much thought to the dreaded privacy policy of your website?

Realistically, who reads the privacy policy page anyways? They tend to be long, boring, and usually has some encrypted legal jargon that no one completely understands. However, the privacy policy should not be put off and forgotten about because there is some valuable information within this page to your website.

ETrust.org explains that a privacy policy is

… One of the most important documents on any website. It details your company’s views and procedures on the information collected from visitors.

Although a privacy policy is technically a legal document, great effort should be made to craft a document that is both accurate and easy to understand, obscuring hidden clauses in reams of text is not acceptable.

Unless there’s a favor to call into a lawyer, most times we will just search the web for what looks like a good and acceptable policy, grab the text, adapt it to our church or company, and post it to our website to “comply.”

We want to make sure your website is in compliance, so here are 4 FREE options for avoiding the tragedy to just taking another’s website text and making it your own.

1. Policy Tool – http://policytool.net

The Internet has transformed how companies do business and communicate with their customers. Collecting information from site visitors is common online, however, now more than ever it’s important to provide a policy that ensures your customer’s privacy is respected.

This website generates policies customized to your needs and it intuitive and easy-to-use. Right now, the privacy policy tool is only available for social media.

2. Generate Privacy Policy – http://generateprivacypolicy.com

With GeneratePrivacyPolicy.com you can create professional privacy policies with our user-friendly tools. Privacy policy agreements are tailored specifically for your website, your business, and your requirements.

It asks several questions from the name of the business and URL, to the type of data collected (and why they are collected). Once all details are mentioned, it generates a professional policy instantly.

3. Free Privacy Policy – http://freeprivacypolicy.com

FreePrivacyPolicy.com was created by Global Marketing Strategies (GMS), which provides a wide range of valuable products and services to website owners accross the globe. Here’s your chance to get to know the GMS management team, along with some of the great projects they’re working on both collectively and individually.

4. Privacy Policy / Terms Of Service Generator – http://bennadel.com/coldfusion/privacy-policy-generator.htm

This form will generate a generic Terms of Service and Privacy Policy statement for use with your web site.