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Meet Zoho's new Privacy Policy and Terms of Service
Zoho is an online application suite that provides free services to individuals and the same services to companies for a small subscription fee. Zoho's services mirror office productivity software comparable to Google Docs or Microsoft Office. Recently Zoho notified their users through email that they updated their Privacy Policy and their Terms...
Privacy Policy for Mobile Apps
Your mobile app (iOS, Android, Windows, BlackBerry) must have a Privacy Policy if the app collects personal data from users. You'll need the Privacy Policy even if you do not collect this kind of data yourself but instead use third-party tools (such as Google Analytics Mobile, Flurry) that will collect this...
Privacy Policy for location data
In February of 2015, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) expanded their guidelines for mobile app developers who create apps that collect user data, specifically user location data. This expansion builds upon the original guidance published by the FTC in February of 2013 in their report "Mobile Privacy Disclosures: Building Trust Through...
Privacy Policy for mobile games
Mobile games, especially those directed towards kids, are subject to special requirements when it comes to privacy practices and their Privacy Policy agreements. You'll need this kind of document even if you don't collect any personal data through the mobile game. Children are the primary users of many mobile games: in the...
How to do a Cookies Audit
The "Article 29 Working Party" recently ran a Cookies Sweep to determine what website operators are currently doing to stay compliant with the ePrivacy Directive, amended Article 5(3). Article 5(3) requires that all businesses in the EU must inform users when a website will place cookies on their computers and must...
EU Privacy Policy
In the European Union, the pertinent legal framework regarding privacy, and thus and Privacy Policies, is the Data Protection Directive and the ePrivacy Directive. The Data Protection Directive and ePrivacy Directive guidelines would apply to all EU member states, besides each member state specific laws on privacy: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia,...