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The rapid growth of the World Wide Web (Web WWW) has led many organizations to launch or consider to develop a Web site. Increasingly, one of the key issues that determines whether an individual will actually enter a site that he or she finds potentially interesting, or is willing to provide accurate information if required to fill in forms or pages , is the site’s privacy policy, or lack thereof.

Individuals are very concerned about how their personal information,which many Web sites collect, will be used. Therefore it is important for an website owner to provide their site with an Privacy policy to ensure the trust and worthiness of their webpage.


Beginning with the series where i would cover various aspects of Privacy Policies in posts to come
1) What is Privacy Policy,
2) What does an Privacy Policy Contain,
3) Why Websites Need an Privacy Policy.
So before we go right into privacy policies it is important to learn what really is an Privacy Policy.


What Is Privacy Policy?

A privacy policy is a legal document that set forth the conditions or ways an (WWW) absorbs, alters, and disposes the personal information’s of its visitors. There is no standard form but a privacy policy usually contains information about what personal information is collected , how that personal information may be used, whether that personal information may be disclosed or transferred, measures take to secure the information collected, whether the website collecting information uses cookies or web beacons .
For preparing the privacy policy of a website the main principle is to keep the policy clear and accurate and the exact contents of a privacy policy will depend upon the applicable law.