How to Add A Privacy Policy to Blogger, and Privacy Policy Text

<b><span style="color: red;">NOTE: post updated November 30 2016 because of the multitude of changes to both AdSense and Blogger functionality.</span></b><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIWxw8xYCLxAObwSy5wXyrw-3mwrbtgag_Tz90KgW5Bl82GgY1DI_qXkltCNGXEYIEbncsrd2vJciLz7QgtrnFsF2XbuMLN9pTaaCn5693vJmefcNQ7PEv6YLvdxpCQ-rjJh5wJyQNVLE/s1600/BloggerStickFigure.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIWxw8xYCLxAObwSy5wXyrw-3mwrbtgag_Tz90KgW5Bl82GgY1DI_qXkltCNGXEYIEbncsrd2vJciLz7QgtrnFsF2XbuMLN9pTaaCn5693vJmefcNQ7PEv6YLvdxpCQ-rjJh5wJyQNVLE/s320/BloggerStickFigure.jpg" width="185" /></a></div><br />Over the last 10 years, I’ve made of the Google help forums and discovered that there is a never-ending stream of questions coming into the help centers. Some quite simple, but others much more complex. What I also discovered is that help can sometimes be as simple as pointing someone to the right link in the vast network of Google help links.<br /><br />I don't consider myself an "expert" on all Google's help systems, but for the most part I have learned how and where to find help when I need it. What you’ll find though, is that getting a direct answer from any person who actually works for Google is difficult, at best. And only those who qualify for direct email support can have it. The rest need to<a href="https://productforums.google.com/forum/#!forum/adsense"> use the help forum</a> to get answers, and the help forum has volunteers who have been using AdSense for a long time (some have been using AdSense since it first was acquired by Google, so that's a lot of knowledge just waiting for you to ask for it).<br /><br />While not related to all the Google categories where you can find help, one of the issues that cropped up a lot when Privacy Policies were first a requirement was how to add it to Blogger, without having it be your first post.<br /><br /><a href="http://photographyofgrace.com/TUTORIALS/PrivacyPolicyForBlogger.pdf"><b>Adding A Privacy Policy to A Blogger Blog</b></a><br /><br />This can be done quite simply by adding the pages gadget to your blog. Pages are static (not like a blog post) and can be added as tabs across the top of your blog (the same as you see above in my menu), or can be added as a link in your sidebar.<br /><br />Create your page, and copy and paste the sample privacy policy from below. Be sure you use your own blog's URL (or your website link) in the body of the privacy policy, and provide your own contact information. <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgub-vN3IHZHKNnvk2DCPEeHal8sG7_hUXXHvlJ6wxnvpkLC12LMwCWRLH72OFjgJIP5PgKTazN0s_Nhci_Bb5rXMN_gRC4QsdJ6A-bQii2zCQB8uOMMZ2KfaGNQOgWAtIAzYgP59_sUv0/s1600/PPolicy.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgub-vN3IHZHKNnvk2DCPEeHal8sG7_hUXXHvlJ6wxnvpkLC12LMwCWRLH72OFjgJIP5PgKTazN0s_Nhci_Bb5rXMN_gRC4QsdJ6A-bQii2zCQB8uOMMZ2KfaGNQOgWAtIAzYgP59_sUv0/s320/PPolicy.jpg" width="262" /></a></div><br />If you don't want to use the pages gadget, or have too many pages already, you can create a post and "backdate" the post (use a date that is before the very first post on your blog) using the "published on" option in the post settings. When you publish that post, it will not appear in your current posts, but will be the first post on your blog ... hidden away from recent posts.<br /><br />Grab the URL for that post, and then add it as a link in your sidebar, or your blog's footer, or in your own menu section. When anyone clicks on the link they'll be able to access your Privacy policy.<br /><br />Either of these methods are fine, and it doesn't matter if you are using a custom domain with your blog, or if you are using a blogspot URL.<br /><br /><br /><div><br /><span style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><b>SAMPLE PRIVACY POLICY TEXT</b></span>(you can copy the text below and paste it into your blog to create your own privacy policy)<br /><br /><i>Start of policy text:</i><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Privacy Policy</span><br /><br />We take your privacy seriously. This policy describes what personal information we collect and how we use it. (This privacy policy is applicable to websites falling under the primary holder <span style="color: red;"><b>fill in your website(s) and urls here</b></span>.)<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Routine Information Collection</span><br /><br />All web servers track basic information about their visitors. This information includes, but is not limited to, IP addresses, browser details, timestamps and referring pages. None of this information can personally identify specific visitors to this site. The information is tracked for routine administration and maintenance purposes, and lets me know what pages and information are useful and helpful to visitors.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Cookies and Web Beacons</span><br /><br />Where necessary, this site uses cookies to store information about a visitor's preferences and history in order to better serve the visitor and/or present the visitor with customized content.<br /><br />Advertising partners and other third parties may also use cookies, scripts and/or web beacons to track visitors to our site in order to display advertisements and other useful information. Such tracking is done directly by the third parties through their own servers and is subject to their own privacy policies.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Controlling Your Privacy</span><br /><br />Note that you can change your browser settings to disable cookies if you have privacy concerns. Disabling cookies for all sites is not recommended as it may interfere with your use of some sites. The best option is to disable or enable cookies on a per-site basis. Consult your browser documentation for instructions on how to block cookies and other tracking mechanisms.<br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Special Note About Google Advertising</span><br /><br />Any advertisements served by Google, Inc., and affiliated companies may be controlled using cookies. These cookies allow Google to display ads based on your visits to this site and other sites that use Google advertising services. Learn how to opt out of Google's cookie usage. As mentioned above, any tracking done by Google through cookies and other mechanisms is subject to Google's own privacy policies.<br /><br />About Google advertising: What is the DoubleClick DART cookie? The DoubleClick DART cookie is used by Google in the ads served on publisher websites displaying AdSense for content ads. When users visit an AdSense publisher’s website and either view or click on an ad, a cookie may be dropped on that end user’s browser. The data gathered from these cookies will be used to help AdSense publishers better serve and manage the ads on their site(s) and across the web. Users may opt out of the use of the DART cookie by visiting the <a href="http://www.google.com/privacy_ads.html">Google ad and content network privacy policy.</a><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">Contact Information</span><br /><br />Concerns or questions about this privacy policy can be directed to <b><span style="color: red;">fill in your contact information here</span> </b>for further clarification.<br /><br /><br /><i>End of policy text.</i><br />-----------------------------------------------<br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheJKeN_Cz8444fi_QV3WwzHw7bzFnu3xEqt5BJ8uXYBY_E_L9uYqcGv4A6NBSxLwj3Dt5mDKdrYoMPHqjMwcj2mtptg7VnyI3cm5Z2zs34seMqaQ7iQezOJ6EXUfK01XjjVunsXY6SdJU/s1600/LetsTalkS.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheJKeN_Cz8444fi_QV3WwzHw7bzFnu3xEqt5BJ8uXYBY_E_L9uYqcGv4A6NBSxLwj3Dt5mDKdrYoMPHqjMwcj2mtptg7VnyI3cm5Z2zs34seMqaQ7iQezOJ6EXUfK01XjjVunsXY6SdJU/s200/LetsTalkS.jpg" width="131" /></a></div>On my own privacy policy, I include other useful information for my readers. The above text is required by AdSense, but if you want to take it a step further you can also add this information, or include other information related to controlling ads or privacy concerns.<br /><br />I like to this that the information I included on my privacy policy is actually of some help to people - not everyone will read it, or even look at it, but there are people who want to know how their information is used, and while I may not have cookies or login requirements, Blogger and AdSense both do use cookies, and we are responsible for letting people know that.<br /><br />(<b>note</b> that for Amendment 3, if you do receive paid promotions like free items to review, you must not claim that you aren't receiving compensation/payment when you are).<br /><br />Whether or not you want to add any of these amendments to your privacy policy is up to you (in terms of what AdSense requires), <a href="https://www.ftc.gov/tips-advice/business-center/guidance/ftcs-endorsement-guides-what-people-are-asking" target="_blank">but do note that the FTC requires bloggers and writers to disclose whether or not they are being paid for links on their sites</a>.<br /><br /><b>Amendment 1</b>:<br /><blockquote class="tr_bq"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "play"; font-size: 15.4px;">Some third-party advertisers used by Google may use a different cookie. You may opt out of most third-party advertising cookies by </span><a href="http://www.networkadvertising.org/managing/opt_out.asp" style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: Play; font-size: 15.4px; text-decoration: none;">following this link  and visiting the Network Advertising Initiative opt-out page</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "play"; font-size: 15.4px;">, or </span><a href="http://www.evidon.com/consumers/profile_manager#tab3" style="background-color: white; color: blue; font-family: Play; font-size: 15.4px; text-decoration: none;">by visiting this Consumers page to opt out of all advertising cookies</a><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "play"; font-size: 15.4px;">.</span></blockquote><br /><b>Amendment 2:</b><br /><blockquote><span style="color: blue;"><b style="background-color: white; font-family: Play; font-size: 15.4px;">PLEASE NOTE:</b></span><span style="color: blue;"><b style="background-color: white; font-family: Play; font-size: 15.4px;"><br /></b></span><span style="color: blue;"><b style="background-color: white; font-family: Play; font-size: 15.4px;">Some advertisers may use cookies to serve interest based ads. You may choose to opt out of the cookies as noted in the policy below.</b></span><span style="color: blue;"><b style="background-color: white; font-family: Play; font-size: 15.4px;"><br /></b></span><span style="color: blue;"><b style="background-color: white; font-family: Play; font-size: 15.4px;">You may also set your browser preferences to be asked to opt in to cookies, rather than having to opt out. Each browser may have specific options available to opt out of cookies all together, to be asked first if you want to accept the cookies, or to allow cookies.  To find the instructions for your own browser, please visit <a href="http://www.aboutcookies.org/Default.aspx?page=1" style="text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">"About Cookies"</a> and select your browser for instructions.</b></span></blockquote><br /><b>Amendment 3:</b><br /><blockquote> <b style="background-color: white; font-family: Play; font-size: 15.4px;">DISCLAIMER</b><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana" , "geneva" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;">This website is a personal endeavour to provide useful help/information for others. This site may from time-to-time display advertising or sponsorship, both paid and free. Any product endorsements which have paid compensation will be identified as such.</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana" , "geneva" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;">All advertising is in the form of advertisements generated by a third party ad network. Advertisements are identified by the advertising network and where available, links are shown in the privacy policy to opt out of advertising cookies.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana" , "geneva" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;"><br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="background-color: white; font-family: "verdana" , "geneva" , "arial" , "helvetica" , sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 16px;"><span style="font-size: 12px;">The owner of this site is not compensated to provide opinion on products, services, websites and various other topics. Products used in tutorials or listed here are products used by the site owner and/or have been purchased by the site owner. No endorsement fees have been paid. Any product claim, statistic, quote or other representation about a product or service should be verified with the manufacturer or provider.</span></span></blockquote><br /><b>Amendment 4:</b><br /><br />On some of my other websites, I also include links to helpful online security, and local laws. If you wanted to include something like this, make sure to include links to any local websites (ie: for your own country) where they list privacy, security, or copyright laws for your country.<br /><br /><a href="http://epic.org/" style="color: black; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">EPIC.org</a><br /><a href="http://privacy.org/" style="color: black; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Privacy.org</a><br /><a href="https://www.cippic.ca/" style="color: black; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">CIPPIC Cdn.</a><br /><a href="http://www.ftc.gov/enforcement/rules/rulemaking-regulatory-reform-proceedings/childrens-online-privacy-protection-rule" style="color: black; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Children's Online Privacy Act</a><br /><a href="https://www.priv.gc.ca/index_e.asp" style="color: black; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">Internet Privacy Laws Canada</a><br /><a href="http://www.informationshield.com/usprivacylaws.html" style="color: black; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">US Privacy Laws</a><br /><a href="http://www.findlaw.co.uk/law/government/constitutional_law/fundamental_rights/500284.html" style="color: black; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">UK Privacy Laws</a><br /><a href="http://ec.europa.eu/justice/data-protection/index_en.htm" style="color: black; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">EU Privacy Laws</a></div>

How to Add A Privacy Policy to Blogger, and Privacy Policy Text

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<p></p><div><a class="addthis_button" href="http://www.addthis.com/bookmark.php?v=250&username=gracey"><img alt="Bookmark and Share" height="16" src="http://s7.addthis.com/static/btn/v2/lg-share-en.gif" style="border: 0pt none ;" width="125" /></a><script type="text/javascript" src="http://s7.addthis.com/js/250/addthis_widget.js#username=gracey"></script></div><br />If you are fairly new to web technologies, this little info package is designed to get you started. 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The fact is, if you don't know anything about web design and don't understand anything about coding, then the easiest way to get started is with a web host that also provides web building tools.<br /><br />Where you start is going to be entirely dependent on what you want in a website. If you just want to share your experiences with the world, then blogging is the perfect platform for you. Most free blogs are "ready to go" services. 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Not all of them allow advertising either.<br /><br />Of all the above sites, I maintain an account at Redbubble, and have an account at google sites, though that is yet undeveloped. Not having used any of the above, I can't give any real recommendations, I only know quite a few people recently have tried these sites.<br /><br />Then there are places like<span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span><a href="http://www.squidoo.com/" style="font-weight: bold;">Squidoo</a><span style="font-weight: bold;">, </span><a href="http://hubpages.com/" style="font-weight: bold;">Hub Pages</a> and<span style="font-weight: bold;"> </span><a href="http://knol.google.com/k" style="font-weight: bold;">Google Knol</a>. In essence they are one page "shorts" that you can build on just about any subject. Simple and easy to start.<br /><br />And, if you really don't want a website or blog, there are all kinds of community/social sites that allow you to share things in little short snippets, like Facebook or MySpace (I don't care much for MySpace - there's way too many users who spam), or orkut (don't care much for this one either) and a host of others you can look up. Then there's the ever popular "twitter", though for the life of me I can't see why it's so popular. Everything on twitter runs about as slow as molasses, and became so frustrating I canceled an account within days of opening it.<br /><br />Regardless of which option you choose, there are things you'll want to consider - whether or not you intend to use sponsored advertising, or if you want to sell your own advertising.<br /><br />Many free hosts already do place their own advertising or banners on your free website, so you'll want check whether or not advertising by the website owner is allowed. Many forms of advertising require you to be able to access the code or html for the site, or require the use of widgets, gadgets or plugins, so giving consideration to your future plans when you select a free webhost is something you'll want to do before making your final decision.<br /><br />Once you've decided, and signed up an account for your choice of spots, then you start filling it with interesting stuff.<br /><br />Now, if you surf around the net a while you'll see a lot of places that carry the same content, things like news aggregators, and articles on a huge array of subjects, but...many of these same articles, very nearly word-for-word, can be found on hundreds of different websites. That's known as "copied content". Copied content isn't all that interesting to most people.<br /><br />Let's face it, if I want to know about a Nikon camera, I'm going to start at Nikon and from there, I might look for some user reviews, but I would be more likely to read a camera review from someone whose used it, than someone who copied their review from another website.<br /><br />What you need to write, is something of your own. A lot of you are probably asking "what do I know that's interesting?" Think about this for a moment. Is your life an exact duplicate of anyone else's? You might have similar stories, or been through some similar things, but you as an individual are unique. You probably won't see everything the same way anyone else does.<br /><br />The easiest things to write are those things that have a personal impact on you - your thoughts and ideas on anything from politics to health, to raising a family or remaining childless. What ever it is, it should be something you can write about from your own experience. Imagine if Erma Bombeck had never sat down to write her tales of family life? I'm not saying every personal blog will be an instant best seller, but writing what you know is the best start you can give yourself.<br /><br />Once you have experience with your website or blog, you can branch out. Research things that are of interest to you, and then write about them. Share things like family recipes, or "how-to-s" if you have hobbies or a home business.<br /><br />Do anything, except copying "canned, pre-written" articles.<br /><br />Right about now, there are thousands upon thousands of websites carrying "information" on finances, stocks, forex, news, and technology. And the majority of them carry the exact same articles, and the exact same information. People are getting tired of those. Very tired. They want something fresh, something new, something unique. Don't get caught by thought of easily filling up your space with these free articles. For the most part, nobody really wants to see them again and again.<br /><br />And here is a very big<span style="font-weight: bold; color: rgb(255, 0, 0);"> "what not to do"</span>. Don't get caught in buying into these "make money on the <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEd-8OhujGcSVjz1Q59zVs1i5Va0wOPXJxmAWZ1uTT-WJyiBEc3jeQlsIpusB_dixhRZXCVp8rZ_iS1rVEPA27u37CB2aO53_yN9Q2BtTz3el-UI9JaMrt5oq3RmHWsHpY_4LUPip1GMpj/s1600-h/FakeSites.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368357914552582834" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEd-8OhujGcSVjz1Q59zVs1i5Va0wOPXJxmAWZ1uTT-WJyiBEc3jeQlsIpusB_dixhRZXCVp8rZ_iS1rVEPA27u37CB2aO53_yN9Q2BtTz3el-UI9JaMrt5oq3RmHWsHpY_4LUPip1GMpj/s200/FakeSites.jpg" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 10px 10px; float: right; cursor: pointer; width: 163px; height: 200px;" /></a>web schemes". 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This free information pack or free trial costs you a fee every month (usually $59.95 to $79.95 or so) if you don't cancel it within a certain number of days (usually 7 to 15) - the biggest trick of all is that the "free trial" often doesn't get to the purchaser within that specified cancellation time.<br /><br />Even worse, most people don't bother to read the fine print, and may not discover til a month (or many months) later that they are paying these fees. By the time they try to find the website they got the free trial from, it may be gone entirely, making it very difficult to the find the trail to cancel the "program". What often happens is the consumer ends up having to file a dispute for the costs with their bank or credit card, then having to cancel bank accounts and credit cards and setting up new ones.<br /><br />If you are interested in earning money online, regardless of where you find the original offer, <span style="font-weight: bold;">don't ever</span> sign up for <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6jkH4Ast1rKa9cnTOB4rpHYOFF-2cNMR9o84mt8K72DSl00telhw3VCneVPlNmP8ZBEk7U6J9L-sLUomPYFDqyt8dv5_2k7E8hLxjXzs4DA-vDP-tgpP7eAii-Ey_0v1WOxjvL7aT2kr7/s1600-h/NoEasyMoneyPig.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368358309167780018" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6jkH4Ast1rKa9cnTOB4rpHYOFF-2cNMR9o84mt8K72DSl00telhw3VCneVPlNmP8ZBEk7U6J9L-sLUomPYFDqyt8dv5_2k7E8hLxjXzs4DA-vDP-tgpP7eAii-Ey_0v1WOxjvL7aT2kr7/s200/NoEasyMoneyPig.jpg" style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer; width: 200px; height: 150px;" /></a><br />anything until you've done some research.<br /><br />After all, would you buy a car without checking it out, or a pair of pants without making sure they fit? Buying into anything online is no different, but it's a lot easier to find out information online, all you need to do is run a websearch for the name of the program or website and check out the search results. When you see a lot of bad reviews or information, back away quickly.<br /><br />It's time for consumer's to take responsibility for what they do. If we all learned to do that then these scam sites would go out of business pretty quickly. Consumer's online need to educate themselves.<br /><br />For most, all it takes is to be scammed once. What surprises me are the ones who sign up for one scam - discover after paying for it all that's it's a scam, and then a couple of weeks later sign up for another.<br /><br />If you don't learn after the first time, you deserve what you get the second time. Yeah, that's harsh, but folks, we are supposed <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">LEARN</span> from our mistakes.<br /><br />Now...go have a look around the net for a place that feels like home, and build your website.<br /><br />(originally posted by the writer, me, on my other blog)

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