Article Last Updated: November 25, 2024
Privacy Policy basically outlines what you will do with user data and personal information. Terms of Use (also called Terms & Conditions or Terms of Service) outline what a person is agreeing to when using your offered service, i.e. users may not receive XYZ services if they behave in a certain way towards your business or others through the website/app. These are both standard documents for any website/app to legally protect you as a business.
Add both your Terms of Service & Privacy Policy links to your website (they are separate sets of language) and share these links in your Basecamp project.
You can use a free online generator for Privacy Policy & Terms of Use language, or talk to your lawyer about producing these documents. Specifically your privacy policy needs to reflect the possible collection of personal information (eg. name, physical address, email address, phone number) as well as submitted images and videos.
We have a partnership with Autumn Witt Boyd, founder & attorney at AWB Firm, since we work with so many small businesses that often don't have their own source of legal support. You can read more about AWB firm here.
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If your existing Privacy Policy requires it, you can add the sample language below as an addendum to your data collection clause.
Data Collection in the Mobile App
In addition to the information collected on our website, our mobile app gathers specific data to provide a personalized user experience. This includes: