Having a privacy policy is just good business.
Many people are rightly concerned about their privacy on the Internet. We all leave our virtual footprints wherever we go. Nevertheless we hope that those who have the ability to see those footprints will respect our privacy.
For its AdSense publishers, Google is now requiring that they display their privacy policy. Their announcement sets out the details of this new requirement. Google’s own privacy policy gives an indication of what needs to be revealed to visitors:
Personal information and other data we collect
- Google collects personal information when you register for a Google service or otherwise voluntarily provide such information. We may combine personal information collected from you with information from other Google services or third parties to provide a better user experience, including customizing content for you.
- Google uses cookies and other technologies to enhance your online experience and to learn about how you use Google services in order to improve the quality of our services.
- Google’s servers automatically record information when you visit our website or use some of our products, including the URL, IP address, browser type and language, and the date and time of your request.
It’s not onerous. Jennifer Slegg provides useful text in her AdSense-friendly privacy policy sample for AdSense publishers. The StayGoLinks policy can be seen from the link in the Footer of this post.
It sounds like you’re creating problems yourself by trying to solve this issue instead of looking at why their is a problem in the first place.
Google e-mailed adsense publishers to update privacy policy. I already added my privacy page without any plugin. But plugins makes things easy…