Simple privacy policy solutions

Does your business sell products or services online?  Do you collect people’s contact information via your website so that you can stay in contact and/or provide them with services?

If so, an important part of your business is ensuring you have a privacy policy that complies with Australian regulations and explains how you keep and deal with people’s information.

I’m sure you will know from your own online experiences that most privacy policies on websites (if they have it) are unnecessarily long, use complicated language and are hard to understand, even if you can be bothered reading them in full.  Most of us tick the box without even reading the policy because we just want to buy or subscribe and don’t want to waste our time trying to figure out what it actually means.  Sometimes though, we might be put off or think twice about purchasing or subscribing when a policy is overly complex does not make clear what the business will do with our personal details. You don’t want to lose even one potential customer because of your privacy policy.

Now, thanks to a project developed through RMIT and the Smart Services Cooperative Research Centre, there is a way for small businesses to have a privacy policy that is simple, easy to understand, and fully compliant with Australian requirements for free.

On Simple Privacy’s website you can enter some essential details about your business (these are important details you should know anyway) and generate a simple, tailored policy.  And of course, Simple Privacy’s own privacy policy is clearly documented so you can be reassured before you start providing information!