Privacy Policy

A Privacy Policy is Required by Third Party Services

Apart from governing laws, some websites like Apple, Amazon, and Google require website and app owners to post a Privacy Policy agreement if they use any of their services.

Many websites and apps use in-page/in-app advertising by third parties to generate revenue. As these ads also collect user data, third parties require the websites or apps to ask their users’ permission for sharing their personal data.

For example, if you’re using Google Analytics on your website, the Google Analytics Terms of Service requires that you post a Privacy Policy agreement. In addition to this, you must also disclose that you’re using Google Analytics and some information about how it collects and processes data:

Google Analytics Terms of Service: Privacy clause highlighted

If you are a Google app developer, the Privacy Policy Guidance requires that you inform your users about what data you collect, why you collect it, and what you do with it.

Google Developer Privacy Policy Guidance: How to disclose what information you collect, how you use and store it section. Some of the most popular third party services require website and app owners to post Privacy Policy agreements on their websites. Some of these services include:

Apple’s App Store

Third party vendors like Google, Facebook, and Amazon require their users (website and app owners) to explicitly inform their users if they’re using advertising features, cookies, or tracking services on their websites/apps in order to deliver better user experiences based on prior browsing behavior.

Here’s how Ookla – a fixed broadband and mobile network testing company – informs its users in its Privacy Policy agreement that it uses cookies, log files, flash cookies, local storage, etc., in its website-based and mobile applications in order to (1) improve performance, (2) to better understand how Ookla’s software functions, and (3) to give the user a personalized experience.

A Privacy Policy is Required by Third Party Services

Apart from governing laws, some websites like Apple, Amazon, and Google require website and app owners to post a Privacy Policy agreement if they use any of their services.

Many websites and apps use in-page/in-app advertising by third parties to generate revenue. As these ads also collect user data, third parties require the websites or apps to ask their users’ permission for sharing their personal data.

For example, if you’re using Google Analytics on your website, the Google Analytics Terms of Service requires that you post a Privacy Policy agreement. In addition to this, you must also disclose that you’re using Google Analytics and some information about how it collects and processes data:

Google Analytics Terms of Service: Privacy clause highlighted

If you are a Google app developer, the Privacy Policy Guidance requires that you inform your users about what data you collect, why you collect it, and what you do with it.

Google Developer Privacy Policy Guidance: How to disclose what information you collect, how you use and store it section. Some of the most popular third party services require website and app owners to post Privacy Policy agreements on their websites. Some of these services include: Third party vendors like Google, Facebook, and Amazon require their users (website and app owners) to explicitly inform their users if they’re using advertising features, cookies, or tracking services on their websites/apps in order to deliver better user experiences based on prior browsing behavior.

Here’s how Ookla – a fixed broadband and mobile network testing company – informs its users in its Privacy Policy agreement that it uses cookies, log files, flash cookies, local storage, etc., in its website-based and mobile applications in order to (1) improve performance, (2) to better understand how Ookla’s software functions, and (3) to give the user a personalized experience.