A Checklist of Website Legal Requirements, Part 3

In this three-part series of posts, we bring you a checklist of questions to help you tackle the challenge of website legal compliance. Part 1 and Part 2 of this series are also available.

Do you have a privacy statement?

In order to comply with the Data Protection Acts, your website must contain a privacy statement if you:

• collect personal data (for instance, where visitors fill in web forms, feedback forms, submit orders etc.);
• use cookies or web beacons; or
• otherwise collect personal data (for example, IP addresses, e-mail addresses).

A privacy statement should be placed in an obvious position and may not be just accessible from within another document on a website, such as terms and conditions of use or a disclaimer notice.