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WPLegalPages
follows the EU Cookie Law. You have the provision to tell your readers
about the cookies being used by your site and what information it
stores.
Still not satisfied? Understand why you need legal policies
As
the term "legal policy" comes, you know there is some sort of legal
authorities involved. These legal policies are required by some or the
other legal authorities, and you have to adhere to them to work legally.
Let's understand why you need specific policies.
Why is privacy policy required?
Privacy
Policy is a legal document that details company's views and procedures
on the information collected from visitors. It is required by law to
tell the visitors what you are going to do with the collected
information. So, if you are collecting any user information like email
address, name, etc. you are required to have a privacy policy on your
site.
Why is Terms and Conditions policy required?
Terms
and Conditions policy contains the guidelines on how to use the website
content, products or services if any. This policy protects you from any
misuse of your website data, and it is highly important.
Why is Refund Policy required?
If
you have an eCommerce site where you sell products or any services, a
refund policy is required. This policy explains the conditions of
getting a refund to customers. It also helps you protect an unnecessary
refund which is out of your refund policy.
Why is Affiliate Agreement policy required?
An
Affiliate Agreement policy is required if you have an affiliate program
at place. It is an agreement which has terms and conditions for an
affiliate before he/she join your affiliate program.
Why is Amazon Affiliate Disclosure or simple Affiliate Disclosure policy required?
If
you are an affiliate, you have to have affiliate disclosure policy on
your site. It discloses the use of affiliate links on your site and that
you will earn a commission if any sales happen. FTC requires you to
have an affiliate disclosure if you have affiliate links on your site.
Why is California Privacy Rights policy required?
California
Privacy Rights is a policy that is specifically drafted for the
residents of California state. It empowers Californians to protect their
privacy and encourages business to follow best practices to protect
user information. So, if you deal with residents of California or have a
business in California, then State of California Department of Justice requires you to have this policy on your site.
Why COPPA - Children's Online Privacy Policy is required?
COPPA
policy is required for those websites which have to deal with children
under the 13 years of age. It details out how the website operators are
going to use the information collected from children below 13 years.
Why is Earnings Disclaimer Policy required?
Earnings
Disclaimer Policy is mostly required to protect your claims and
opinions which you have made about your product or service. People might
say that you have provided examples and success stories of users, but
some might not get the same results. In those cases, earning disclaimer
is required.
Updates
Version 5.0.1 (3 Feb 2017)
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Added: Added FTC Disclaimer Widget
Version 5.0.0 (23 January 2017)
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Updated: Made compatible with WordPress 4.7.1
Version 4.27 (22 December 2016)
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Added: Integrated with wp-updates for the auto-update notification on the admin dashboard.
Added: Added New Template Newsletter: Subscription and Disclaimer.
Version 4.26 (23 November 2016)
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Added: Added feature in EU Cookie Bar to use theme's CSS
Updated: Removed Update Checker Code
Version 4.25 (11 November 2016)
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Added: Blog Comments Policy Template and optional credit
Added: Added Validation for the button text of EU cookie policy
Added: Set default button text of EU Cookie Policy to I agree
Deprecated: Remove notice message from EU Cookie Policy box
Updated: WordPress function for form validation
Updated: Replaced fancybox with thickbox to prevent conflict with themes using fancybox
Version 4.23 (21 October 2016)
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Added: Children's Online Privacy Policy Template - COPPA
Added: Digital Goods Refund Policy Template
Updated: Made compatible with PHP 7.0
Fixed: Minor issues with Terms of Use (Forced User Policy) Popup
Version 4.21.3 (30 Sep 2016)
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Added: Affiliate Disclosure Template
Updated: Design changes on settings page
Added: California Privacy Rights Template
Updated: Change Design of EU Cookies admin and frontend.
Fixed: Minor alignment for create page.
Version 4.13 (25 Aug 2016)
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Added: DMCA Template
Version 4.12.2 (1 July 2016)
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Updated: Changed dashboard look and feel
Version 4.12 (21 Apr 2016)
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Added: Widgets for legal pages
Version 4.11 (29 Jan 2016)
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Added: Print option for legal pages
Version 4.10 (17 Dec 2015)
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Added: More customization options (Text color, button text color) for color palette in the EU Cookie Legislation
Version 4.9 (26 Oct 2015)
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Added: New feature to show Published Pages in Footer
Version 4.8 (10 Sept 2015)
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Added: Social icons & map integration on Popup Pages
Fixed: Security Fix: Input data sanitized for better security
Fixed: Minor FancyBox popup Alignment
Version 4.6 (27 March 2015)
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Added: About us Template
Added: Corrected typo's in templates : external-links, linking-policy .
Updated: Notification method changed (Admin will get notification on click)
Fixed: Social layout issue in about us Template
Version 4.4 (20 Feb 2015)
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Added: Update Notifier .
Added: New setting to enable/disable comments on legal pages
Added: Admin now have an ability to disable comments for all the Legal Pages .
Version 4.3.5.1 (16 Jan 2015)
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Added: Feature - Visitors will be forced to confirm that he/she is above his/her country's legal age limit.
Version 4.3.4 (31-Oct-2014)
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Fixed: Multisite compatibility issues
Version 4.3.3 (25-Jun-2014)
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Added: Popups made responsive to work with different mobile devices
Version 4.3.2 (30-May-2014)
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Added: Color palette added in the EU Cookie Legislation Popup to customize the popup to make it elegant as per colors used on the WordPress site.
Added: Feature added to exclude legal pages from search. Option on no-index such pages from Google Search
Added: Feature to customize the EU cookie button design for EU Cookie Policy Message Bar
Version 4.3 (11-Apr-2014)
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Added: Minor Fixes on Privacy Policy Templates to make them compatible with WordPress version 3.8.2.
Version 4.0 (23-Jan-2014)
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Added: Update For EU Cookie Privacy Policy to adhere to the EU Cookie Legislation
Added: Improved security to prevent directory browsing of templates
Version 3.2 (04-Jul-2013)
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Fixed: Display issues for Facebook Policy Template
Version 3.1 (07-May-2013)
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Updated: Support multisite network. Customers had requested to Use Privacy Policy Templates on WordPress Network Sites.
Version 3.01 (12-Mar-2013)
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Added: New sub-menu ‘Legal pages’ to display all WordPress Legal Policy Pages
Added: ‘Notes’ field to Privacy Policy Templates which is only visible to site admin