Privacy Policy Generator for Blogs
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A blog looks like the simplest kind of website, but a monetized one collects more than its owner usually expects. Google Analytics is nearly universal. Display advertising through Google Ads and AdSense drops advertising cookies and shares page context and visitor identifiers with ad networks. Affiliate links set tracking cookies on click. YouTube embeds load Google's cookies on every page that contains a video, and Vimeo embeds do the same from Vimeo's domain.
Reader interaction adds first-party data. Comments store names, email addresses and IP addresses, and newsletter forms send those emails to Mailchimp or a similar provider that tracks opens and clicks. Contact forms protected by reCAPTCHA send behavioral signals to Google. Cloudflare or a similar CDN sets security cookies before the first word of a post loads. Membership plugins introduce account registration and, with paid tiers, Stripe or PayPal.
Ad networks and affiliate programs typically require a published privacy policy that names them, and the FTC expects affiliate relationships to be disclosed. VerifiedPrivacy scans your blog, identifies the analytics, advertising, embed and form services present, and generates a Privacy Policy, Terms of Service and Cookie Policy from a clause library, including a user-content section if you allow comments. Enter your blog's address below to run a free scan.
Frequently asked questions
Does a personal blog need a privacy policy?
If the blog collects any personal information, through comments, a newsletter form, a contact form or analytics cookies, most frameworks expect a posted policy, and California's CalOPPA applies to any commercial site collecting data from state residents. Ad networks such as Google AdSense also require one contractually. A hobby blog with no analytics, forms or comments has less to disclose, but very few blogs fit that description.
Do I have to disclose affiliate links in the privacy policy?
Affiliate disclosure is primarily an FTC endorsement matter and belongs near the links themselves or in a dedicated disclosure statement. The privacy angle is that affiliate networks set cookies when a reader clicks, which belongs in the Cookie Policy. The generated Privacy Policy includes a general third-party links and advertising section; you can add specific network names when you edit the documents.
Are YouTube embeds really a privacy issue?
Yes. A standard YouTube embed loads scripts from Google that set cookies and record the visit whether or not the reader presses play, and those cookies are used for advertising. European regulators have treated this as requiring consent. When the scan finds YouTube or Vimeo embeds, the generated Cookie Policy lists them with their purpose, and the Privacy Policy names the provider.
I only have Google Analytics. Do I still need a Cookie Policy?
Google Analytics sets cookies that identify returning visitors, which is enough for EU and UK rules to expect disclosure and, in most readings, consent. A short Cookie Policy listing Google Analytics and any first-party cookies is the usual answer. The generated Cookie Policy is proportionate to what the scan finds, so a blog with one service gets a short, accurate document rather than a long generic one.
Can I use the policy on Medium or Substack?
Hosted platforms control the code on their pages and publish their own privacy policies, so the scan of a medium.com or substack.com address will mostly reflect the platform's services rather than yours. The tool is designed for blogs on your own domain, whether WordPress, Ghost, Squarespace or static hosting. If you have a custom domain on a hosted platform, scan that and review the results carefully.
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VerifiedPrivacy generates documents from a clause library. It is not a law firm and does not provide legal advice. Have a licensed attorney review documents before use.