john at johnallsopp.co.uk wrote: >... and another thing :-) > >I can't remember if I've asked this before. > >I want to write a privacy policy for a new site, but I don't want to rip >one off of someone elses site .. that would be wrong. And probably it >would result it something inappropriate and that might miss some key >areas. > >Do people sell template policies, or is there somewhere I can fill in some >forms and have a policy thrown back at me? > > > John, Ideally you will be best off creating a P3P [1] privacy policy as this will give you a structured, complaint, platform independent policy document. Last time I created one I used a free tool downloaded from IBM[2], although they now seem to charge 500 dollars! There is mention of a no-charge Tivoli online one but the link is broken[3]! I also came across another site that has some info and links with two possible in the free to 50 dollar bracket[3]. Simon [1] http://www.w3.org/P3P/ [2] http://www.alphaworks.ibm.com/tech/p3peditor [3] http://www-132.ibm.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/PromotionDisplay?promoId=12724&catalogId=-840&storeId=1&langId=-1 <http://www-132.ibm.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/PromotionDisplay?promoId=12724&catalogId=-840&storeId=1&langId=-1> [4] http://www.p3ptoolbox.org/tools/resources1.shtml