The First Truly Honest Privacy Policy 119
itwbennett writes "You want to know what really happens to your data? Dan Tynan has penned the first completely honest privacy policy — surprisingly free of legalese. We dare you to use it on your website."
Re:From the Article: (Score:5, Interesting)
Our privacy policy:
You have no expectation of privacy. We will collect any and all information you or your computer is willing to give us and do whatever we want with that information. Use of this site is entirely optional. Use at your own risk.
What's so hard? (Score:4, Interesting)
Here's my privacy policy [aardvark.co.nz].
(to save you clicking the link)...
"The Aardvark Privacy Policy
To put it bluntly -- any information you submit through this site
is held in total confidence unless otherwise stated.
Aardvark has built a strong reputation for protecting the information submitted
and collected. I have a total anti-spam, anti UCE policy -- never, never, never
will your email address be made available to any third party without your
expressed permission and never, never, never will I send you unsolicited
email.
That's it ... plain and simple -- Your secrets are safe with me!
What's more -- Aardvark doesn't routinely collect information from its
users. Apart from the Google Ads, this site is a cookie-free zone --
I probably know nothing at all about you anyway!
Here's a whole bunch of stuff about Google's cookie and privacy policy that
You might find interesting and which I'm supposed to include in this
privacy statement as part of my position as an AdSense user
If you've got a problem or a query about this then contact me, you can even do it
anonymously but in that case don't expect a reply (how could I?). "
It's short, to the point and covers all the bases, doesn't it?
What's so hard about coming up with a concise, no-nonsense privacy policy?