{"id":520,"date":"2025-04-03T09:02:14","date_gmt":"2025-04-03T07:02:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/comith.be\/2025\/04\/03\/privacy-policy-yes-people-actually-do-read-that\/"},"modified":"2025-04-03T09:02:14","modified_gmt":"2025-04-03T07:02:14","slug":"privacy-policy-yes-people-actually-do-read-that","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/comith.be\/en\/privacy-policy-yes-people-actually-do-read-that\/","title":{"rendered":"Privacy Policy? Yes, people actually do read that."},"content":{"rendered":"\nMany people place \u2018privacy policy\u2019 as the last link in the footer. Done.\nBut did you know that such a policy is legally required <em>and<\/em> that it is best to actually have people read (and understand) it?\nA good privacy policy is more than just a formality.\nIt is a clear signal to your website visitors:\n\u201cWe handle your data with care.\u201d\nAnd that builds trust.\n\n<strong>What exactly is a privacy policy?\n<\/strong>It is a document in which you explain:\n<ul>\n \t<li>Which data you collect (e.g. via contact forms, cookies, or tools)<\/li>\n \t<li>Why you collect that data<\/li>\n \t<li>What you do with it (and especially what you don\u2019t do)<\/li>\n \t<li>How long you keep it<\/li>\n \t<li>Who has access to it<\/li>\n \t<li>How users can view their data or have it deleted<\/li>\n<\/ul>\nIn short: transparency. That is what it is all about.\n\n<strong>What information must it contain at a minimum?<\/strong>\n<ul>\n \t<li>Company details (who is responsible?)<\/li>\n \t<li>Which personal data you collect<\/li>\n \t<li>For what purposes you use it<\/li>\n \t<li>Legal basis (e.g. consent or legitimate interest)<\/li>\n \t<li>How you secure data<\/li>\n \t<li>User rights (access, correction, objection&#8230;)<\/li>\n \t<li>Contact details for privacy questions<\/li>\n \t<li>Mention of cookies (or link to separate cookie policy)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n  Combine this with a correct <a href=\"\/en\/website-cookies-you-must-arrange-this-before-it-is-too-late\/\">cookie declaration<\/a> and cookie banner for a complete set.\n\n<strong>Why it is good for your brand too.\n<\/strong>A transparent privacy policy shows that you work professionally. And that you take your customers&#8217; privacy seriously.\nThat builds trust, and trust leads to conversion.\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many people place \u2018privacy policy\u2019 as the last link in the footer. Done. But did you know that such a policy is legally required and that it is best to actually have people read (and understand) it? A good privacy policy is more than just a formality. It is a clear signal to your website [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":230,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[173],"werkcategorie":[81,93,96],"class_list":["post-520","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-niet-gecategoriseerd","tag-an-experts-view","werkcategorie-digital","werkcategorie-gdpr-wcag","werkcategorie-website-development"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/comith.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/comith.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/comith.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comith.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=520"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/comith.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/520\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comith.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/230"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/comith.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=520"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comith.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=520"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comith.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=520"},{"taxonomy":"werkcategorie","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/comith.be\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/werkcategorie?post=520"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}