10/24/2024

Why Your Business Website Must Have a Privacy Policy

This area of the law is developing and changing rapidly

If your business has a web presence (and in the 21^st century, you really should), then you probably need a privacy policy on your website. Several relatively recent laws require business websites to post a privacy policy, but these laws aren’t universal in their applicability, especially when it comes to small businesses. Complicating matters, this area of the law is developing and changing rapidly.

According to a recent survey, customers are not only starting to care about their online privacy, but they are also willing to take action to protect their privacy, even going so far as to switch businesses or service providers because of their privacy policies. This means your customers are increasingly likely to want to know what data they are giving up when they interact with your business and what your business is doing with all that data in the first place. In this post, we’ll talk about the legal requirements for your website privacy policy: What should be included in your privacy policy? What are some best practices for keeping your privacy policy up to date?

​While Ohio has not passed any laws specifically requiring websites to post privacy policies, such laws have been passed in several other jurisdictions. And these laws typically apply even if your business isn’t located in that state or country.

Please select this link to read the complete article from the Law Office of Maritza S. Nelson, LLC.