Terms and Conditions, Privacy Notice?

[abe_rudder]

Hi, my website is at http://a2testshop.awardspace.com/

do I need terms and conditions and a privacy notice?

 

How would I write them if I do need them, are there any templates to use?

I wouldn't know where to start!

 

Thanks for your help, luke.

[Guest]

I just wrote the following Privacy Statement if you want to edit and use. Depends on the type of service or product you are selling and in what country. This is for an Australian site.

 

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osCommerce, Open Source E-Commerce Solutions

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Copyright © 2002 osCommerce

 

Released under the GNU General Public License

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define('NAVBAR_TITLE', 'Privacy Notice');

define('HEADING_TITLE', 'Privacy Notice');

 

define('TEXT_INFORMATION','<P><b>Privacy Policy and Statement</b></P>

<BR>

<P><b>Commitment to Your Privacy</b><BR>

This site is owned and operated by Armstrong Safety. Your privacy on the Internet is of the utmost importance to us. At Armstrong Safety, we want to make your experience online rewarding and safe.</P>

<P>Because we gather certain types of information about our users, we feel you should fully understand the terms and conditions surrounding the capture and use of that information. This privacy statement discloses what information we gather and how we use it.</P>

<P><b>Gathering and Tracking Information</b><BR>

Armstrong Safety gathers two types of information about users:</P>

<P><li>Information that users provide through optional, voluntary submissions. These are voluntary submissions to receive our electronic newsletters, to participate in our message boards or forums, to email a friend, and from participation in polls and surveys. <BR>

<li>Information we gather through aggregated tracking information derived mainly by tallying page views throughout our sites. This information allows us to better tailor our content to readers\' needs and to help better understand the demographics of our web site visitors. Under no circumstances does TOMAR Electronics, Inc. divulge any information about an individual user to a third party. </P>

<P><b>Armstrong Safety Gathers User Information in the Following Processes:</b></P>

<P><b>I. Optional Voluntary Information</b></P>

<P>We offer the following free services, which require some type of voluntary submission of personal information by users: </P>

<P><li>Catalog Request Forms:<BR>

Visitors to our web site can request a printed catalog that Armstrong Safety will ship them free of charge. The information collected during this process is to correctly address the mailing envelop in order for the requester to receive the catalog. During registration the user is required to supply a name, organization, phone, email, mailing address, and country. <BR>

<li>RMA (Returning Material Authorization) Forms<BR>

Visitors to our web site can fill out and submit and RMA request form. Armstrong Safety will review the form and determine whether a RMA number will be issued to the requester. During registration the user is required to supply a name, company name, phone, email, shipping address, product being returned, reason for return, and quantity returned. </P>

<P><b>II. Children</b></P>

<P>Consistent with the Federal Children\'s Online Privacy Protection Act of 1998 (COPPA), we will never knowingly request personally identifiable information from anyone under the age of 13 without requesting parental consent. </P>

<P><b>III. Usage tracking</b></P>

<P>Armstrong Safety tracks user traffic patterns throughout our web site. However, we do not correlate this information with data about individual users. Armstrong Safety does break down overall usage statistics according to a user\'s domain name, browser type, and MIME type by reading this information from the browser string (information contained in every user\'s browser).</P>

<P><b>IV. Cookies</b></P>

<P>We may place a text file called a "cookie" in the browser files of your computer. The cookie itself does not contain Personal Information although it will enable us to relate your use of this site to information that you have specifically and knowingly provided. But the only personal information a cookie can contain is information you supply yourself. A cookie can\'t read data off your hard disk or read cookie files created by other sites. Armstrong Safety uses cookies to welcome returning visitor\'s in our "Customer Login" section only, and are not used anywhere else on the web site. </P>

<P>You can refuse cookies by turning them off in your browser. If you\'ve set your browser to warn you before accepting cookies, you will receive the warning message with each cookie. You do not need to have cookies turned on to use this site. However, you do need cookie access to receive a welcome message in the "Customer Login" section of our web site.</P>

<P><b>Use of Information</b><BR>

Armstrong Safety uses any information voluntarily given by our users to enhance their experience on web site, whether to provide interactive or personalized elements on the sites or to better prepare future content based on the interests of our users. </P>

<P>As stated above, we use information that users voluntarily provide in order to process catalog requests and distribute RMA numbers. Armstrong Safety never shares any visitor information with any third parties, including advertisers, sponsors or partners. </P>

<P>When we use tracking information to determine which areas of our sites users like and don\'t like based on traffic to those areas. We do not track what individual users read, but rather how well each page performs overall. This helps us continue to build a better service for you.</P>

<P><b>Your Consent</b><BR>

By using this site, you consent to the collection and use of this information by Armstrong Safety. If we decide to change our privacy policy, we will post those changes on this page so that you are always aware of what information we collect, how we use it, and under what circumstances we disclose it.</P>');?>

[♥14steve14]

Do a google search and you will fine loads already written. All you have to do is to format the text and add it to the relevant pages language file.

[ianric]

Do a google search and you will fine loads already written. All you have to do is to format the text and add it to the relevant pages language file.

There's also this contrib that I use

 

HTH

 

ian

[abe_rudder]

Thanks for all your help!