Have you ever thought about what legal pages you need on your website? Aside from the beautiful imagery, portfolios, about me sections and contact pages, you need to make sure that you are legally protecting yourself through your website.
This has nothing to do with you as a stationer, or even a small business owner — this has to do with you having a website site on the world wide web that anyone, anywhere can access.
Privacy Policy
Every website needs to have a Privacy Policy page. Usually, you see these linked at the footer of the page and you have probably never clicked on one to read it. That’s ok, you are not responsible if people actually read it, but you are responsible for making sure that it is located on your website.
A privacy policy basically lets the user know who is operating this website, about cookies (Google Analytics, Facebook pixels, etc), data retention (when you collect their info for contact purposes, email sign ups, etc.) international privacy (GDPR), and where they can contact you for any questions or concerns.
Terms and Conditions
Terms and Conditions are what let the user know they are agreeing to by being a viewer on your website. Basically what they can and can not do with the content on your website (your intellectual property)! Are they allowed to share it? Do they have to give credit to you?
The Terms and Conditions can be more tailored to your specific business and what your website contains. For instance, if you have an online store (e-commerce) you will have more detailed information about your store policy when it comes to payments, refunds, etc.
Cookie Policy
Unfortunately, this isn’t the yummy dessert kind.This is basically the snip-it out of your privacy policy talking about what data is retained and what it is used for. The cookie policy is the little pop-up that you usually see the first time you go to a website and it is requesting their permission to collect their data. The privacy policy outlines what it is and what you’re doing with it and the pop-up generally has an accept/reject button asking for their consent.
I know this all sounds super overwhelming, you just want to show off your stationery! You’re not some hacker trying to con information out of your users! It doesn’t matter — you have chosen to have a website, these are legal items you need to have.
So where can you find some of this info? I get alllll my contracts and legal docs from The Creative Law Shop. Paige has done an amazing job of making it so easy to drag and drop her lawyer-written docs right where they need to go! You can browse her shop here and snag her privacy policy and terms and conditions (and she even has some amazing bundles!).
You can also use the code heatherobrien10 for 10% off any of the items in their shop, in addition to any amazing sales she may be having!
I hope this has helped clarify some of this legal jargon for your stationery website!
Heather
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