Legal Disclaimers to Add to Your Website
Cookie banner or pop-up
Cookies are small pieces of data that websites store on a device and they are automatically used on Squarespace websites. Cookies can improve your visitors’ browsing experience because they help websites remember preferences and understand how people use different features. If your site has EU or UK visitors, you require a cookie banner to comply with GDPR. If you aren't sure if your website has visitors from those places, it's safest to either turn off the cookies or to add a banner that has a cookie disclaimer. You can read more about cookies here.
You can choose to either leave the cookies on and add a banner to your site that notifies the visitor, or you can turn off the cookies and continue without a banner.
Privacy Policy
A privacy policy is a statement that describes how a website collects, uses, and manages the personal data of consumers. If you have a contact form, newsletter sign up form and use website analytics this is something you should add to your website.
Terms & Conditions
This is a statement that details the rules of using your website. This covers things like your intellectual property rights, limitation of damages and liabilities, cancellation, refund and return policies, etc.