Privacy Policy Requirements
When an individual fills out personal forms in a doctor's office, for a rental application, to purchase a car or for a car loan, their information is stored somewhere. Those who visit websites and fill out surveys or questionnaires, or make purchases also list personal information. Privacy policy regulations require that the businesses collecting this data keep it secure, and only share it with other businesses and institutes if the individual consents.
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Privacy Policy
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Privacy policy is legal documentation of how a company or business that gets a hold a customer's personal information will disclose, retain, process and purge the data. Many Internet sites collect data from a customer, and the privacy policy will contain details of what personal information the site is actually collecting and how it will be used or sold to other sites. (It is assumed that the customer may be interested in receiving correspondence and/or web advertisements from other select sites.) The privacy policy will also detail how your personal information will be secure, and what if any encryption or web bugs the sites will contain.
Information and Data Privacy
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Information privacy, also known as data privacy, is a regulation of privacy policy. This requires the business that has your personal data secure it. This is information that a business or company will have of yours to share, but they must make certain that it is not leaked, voluntarily given or sold to any other parties. Some of the businesses that must follow the data privacy regulation include hospitals that have health records that fall under the doctor and patient confidentiality agreement, as well as financial institutions such as banks that have records of customer's assets, stocks and financial transactions.
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Child Privacy
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The Child Online Privacy Protection Act was established to protect children who access the Internet. If a child is 13 years or younger, the law prohibits the website from collecting any personal information or data on the child. The sites must have a form or some type of questionnaire where the visitor will disclose their age. The questionnaire should verify the age, and if the child is not 14 years of age or older, it is the responsibility of the site to cease collecting any more information. If the visitor gives an incorrect age to meet requirements, the site will not be held accountable.
Consent
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Privacy policy requires that all companies and businesses obtain consent from an individual before they sell or share their personal information and data collected with other businesses and institutes. The privacy policy will detail what will be done with the information, and ask if the individual consents before continuing on. The individual is giving legal consent if they continue on and list their personal information or data. If the individual does not continue, the business is prohibited from sharing the information that they have collected up until that point.
Right to Stop Communication
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Privacy policy regulates that all individuals have the ability to cease communications and advertisements from any business, company or website. With online companies, there must be an unsubscribe link displayed somewhere on the site or in the email advertisement. If there is not a unsubscribe link, there must be an address where the individual can contact in writing, to prevent further communications.
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