Privacy Policy Generator

Every site that collects user data needs a privacy policy — and "collects user data" is broader than most owners realize. Analytics scripts, contact forms, newsletter signups, account creation, payment processing, and even basic server logs all count. A clear privacy policy is a legal requirement under GDPR, CCPA, and most modern privacy frameworks, and it's increasingly a trust signal for users and a prerequisite for app store approval.

This generator produces a structured, compliant privacy policy tailored to your site or app. You answer questions about what data you collect, who you share it with, where users are based, and what rights you provide. The tool assembles a policy covering data collection, legal basis, retention periods, third-party processors, international transfers, user rights (access, deletion, portability, objection), cookies and tracking, children's privacy, and contact information for complaints. Sections adjust based on your answers so you don't end up with boilerplate that doesn't apply.

The output is a readable HTML or Markdown document you can host on a /privacy page. It covers GDPR (EU/EEA/UK), CCPA/CPRA (California), and references common frameworks (COPPA for children, VCDPA for Virginia, and others). Important caveat: this is a strong starting point, not legal advice. Policies for regulated industries (healthcare HIPAA, financial services, children's services) or complex international operations should be reviewed by a lawyer. For most small-to-medium web products, the generated policy covers the essentials and keeps you in good standing.

Privacy regulations define what information a privacy policy must contain. Key frameworks:

GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation, EU/EEA/UK) requires:
- Identity and contact details of the data controller
- Categories of personal data processed
- Legal basis for each category (consent, contract, legal obligation, vital interests, public task, legitimate interests)
- Recipients or categories of recipients
- International transfers and safeguards
- Retention periods
- User rights (access, rectification, erasure, restriction, portability, objection)
- Right to withdraw consent
- Right to lodge a complaint with a supervisory authority
- Information about automated decision-making including profiling

CCPA/CPRA (California) requires:
- Categories of personal information collected
- Categories of sources
- Business purposes for collection
- Categories of third parties shared with
- Sale of personal information disclosure (even if no sale occurs)
- User rights: know, delete, correct, opt-out of sale, opt-in/out of sharing for targeted advertising
- Non-discrimination notice
- Right to limit use of sensitive personal information

COPPA (US, children under 13) adds parental consent and specific children's privacy disclosures.

Other notable: PIPEDA (Canada), LGPD (Brazil), PDPA (Singapore), VCDPA (Virginia), CPRA (expanded California).

This generator maps your answers to the specific sections each framework requires, produces a unified document covering applicable regions, and includes the contact and complaint information each framework mandates. The output is clean HTML or Markdown suitable for hosting as a policy page. A cookie table template is included for sites that use cookies — required disclosure under GDPR and CCPA.

Manually writing a privacy policy takes expertise most developers don't have. Copy-pasting a template from another site risks missing jurisdiction-specific requirements and inheriting their processors. Legal consultation is thorough but expensive for early-stage products. This generator covers GDPR, CCPA, and other major frameworks with a questionnaire-driven approach that produces a policy tailored to your actual data practices. It's a strong starting point for most small-to-medium products, and still the right first draft for a lawyer to review later.