On 10 May 2010, at 8:48 AM, Jennifer Beecroft wrote:
Good evening
Hi Jennifer,
Thanks for writing. I have forwarded your request internally but don't
have an answer yet. I wanted to let you know I'm looking into your
questions.
_ Ian
I am thinking of having some 'Terms & Conditions' and a 'Privacy
Policy' on my website: www.beecroftprecision.com which is hosted by
'Freehostia'. This is because when I created a website for Beecroft
Precision it was my first and it gave me a great sense of
acheivement, I want to continue to learn about web design and maybe
offer my services to other companies or people in need (for a fee
once I am more knowledgable). When I searched the web for: 'How much
to charge for web design?', I
came across a lady that answered: "If you are designing a site for
say, Joe Bloggs Ltd then the terms & Conditions of Joe Bloggs Ltd,
such as payment terms etc must be shown as also the privacy policy
outlining what you do with names and addresses of people who come to
your site - i.e. that you respect their privacy and do not pass on
their details to 3rd parties."
As the world authority in web standards, I thought that here would
be a good place to come to for advice. I was hoping you could help
me with this by pointing me in the right direction. Is there a help
system set up for web designers where we can grab templates from for
'Website Terms & Conditions' & 'Website Privacy Policy'?
I enjoy the creative side of web design, as in taking the photos and
coding the pages, actually building the site, but I wouldn't have a
clue on the legal side of things as in drawing up a terms and
conditions and privacy policy for each client. Are web designers
generally expected to get their heads around this technical legal
stuff too?!
I just wanted to ask advice on this, really. It's just because I'm
not sure which parts of the example terms and conditions I have seen
(http://www.sarahgawler.co.uk/privacy.php &http://www.sarahgawler.co.uk/terms.php)
would be applicable for the website which I have already created
and therefore which parts may cause problems if left in for example.
As I start to think more about it and look into it, I think the
paragraph on cookies, as follows:
"We may send a cookie which may be stored on by your browser on your
computers hard drive. We may use the information we obtain from the
cookie in the administration of this website, to improve the websites
usability and for marketing purposes. We may also use that information
to recognise your computer when you visit our website, and to
personalise our website for you."
My thoughts are that as my website is hosted by Freehostia, under my
current hosting plan I do not receive any traffic stats, so I would
not be able to collect any of the information as described above,
and use it to help me improve the site. However if I upgraded my
hosting plan, the site stats may make that stuff a lot more
feasible. Is it perhaps a good idea to keep a paragraph like that
in as standard? It does use the word 'may' in all cases. In that
case if I did upgrade the hosting plan at any time, I would not have
to revise the terms and conditions to reflect that.
Thanks in advance for any help you can offer. This would be much
appreciated.
Kind Regards
Jennifer Beecroft
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