A 5-point checklist for changes to your privacy policy

Posted on March 2, 2012 by Jim Brock

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It’s inevitable that you will need to change your privacy policy at some point, particularly as privacy standards and data collection methods continue to evolve rapidly. So it’s timely and very helpful to check out this checklist for privacy policy changes published by three leading privacy practitioners at the IAPP Privacy Advisor.

Here are the five points they highlight:

Abide by your own privacy policy terms
Display your privacy policy effective date
Provide appropriate notice of changes to users
Get express consent for retroactive applicability
Consider implications of controversial changes

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