Compliance - Why…?
POLICY COMPLIANCE
Compliance and the laws that surround them generally just generate more questions than answers. It can be an absolute minefield, and many ignore rather than address the issue.
Of late, privacy and user data has become a highly visible topic in the website and application platform arena. The guidance and governance worldwide continues to change and move at a fast pace.
The main questions our customers ask are;
- What is it all about.?
- Do I really need this.?
- What level of compliance do I need.?
- How do I keep up to date.?
- What if my business changes.?
- What is the value to my business.?
- Where do I sign up.?
We have answered some of the main questions and provides an ever-increasing level of compliance through carefully designed policies. Customers can choose their level of compliance and adapt policies as and when their business needs change.
This means that you are efficient in the way compliance is applied to your business and you do not pay for something that you do not need.
What is it all about.?
The way in which websites and applications use and manage personal information data and settings is now governed worldwide.
Cookie and Privacy policies are required by law in the US, EU and the UK.
Laws based in the EU/UK apply to all businesses that target or have EU/UK consumers. This means that US businesses with direct or potential EU/UK customers need an informative cookie policy that also meets the transparency and policies in the US and vice versa.
EU Requirements
The rise in the number of cookie policy alerts was primarily the result of having to comply with two different regulations in Europe: the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), a sweeping data privacy law enacted in the EU in 2018, and the European Cookie Directive, otherwise known as either the EU Cookie Law or the ePrivacy Directive — first passed in 2002 and updated in 2009.
If you have users in the EU/UK, the GDPR requires you to present a privacy policy that includes a section on what personal information is being collected by cookies. However, as long as the information is presented to consumers in the privacy policy, you don’t need a separate cookie policy.
Do I really need to consider this.?
This is a very common question, and the short answer is yes. As previously mentioned, compliance is a legal requirement. If you are responsible for a website or application then you have a legal duty to inform users and manage the way in which user data and Privacy is managed.
What level of compliance do I need.?
Privacy and Cookie policies are the base minimum and formulate Tier-1 of our compliance solution.
Tier-1 Solution
Compliance policies (2), Cookie and Privacy policies that is generated based on the information on your live and published website or application.
- Cookie
- Privacy
Tier-2 Solution
Compliance policies (3), Cookie and Privacy and Terms policies that is
- Cookie
- Privacy
- Terms of Service
Tier-3 Solution
Compliance policies (7), Cookie and Privacy and Terms of Service, Returns, Shipping, EULA, Acceptable Use & Disclaimer policies that are updated automatically based on the information on your scanned website or application.
- Cookie
- Privacy
- Terms of Service
- Returns
- Shipping
- EULA
- Acceptable Use
- Disclaimer
How do I keep up to date.?
Rednow Media has a a few options to keep you up to date and compliant with your policies.
- Manual policy generation (Ad-hoc)
- Website scanning
- Automatic scanning & policy generation
- Policy Scanning Audit reports
What happens if my business changes.?
The levels of compliance are designed to change with your business. By applying the right levels (Tiers), of compliance to your business means that you only use the compliance policy that your company needs. This makes sense, is adaptable and also extremely cost effective.
As an obvious example; "if you do NOT sell goods or services then you do not require a shipping or returns policy. However, if you decide to sell items and have an online store (ecommerce), site then you would require further compliance."
Where do I sign up.?
You can find out more on our website info@rednow.media or contact us for more information.
We look forward to working with you.