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No privacy policy and no terms of service might do it

by orangepurple 4y ago

AlchemistCamp 4y ago
What a sad state of affairs when even personal blogs are expected to be laden with legal documents.
- cseleborg 4y ago
  I agree with the sentiment, but if a personal blog tracks users and sends data on them to someone else, as with GA, then it absolutely needs a privacy policy.
  - AlchemistCamp 4y ago
    Why? I had a blog and regularly commented on dozens of blogs from 2005-2015. Just about all of them used Google Analytics and in the early days many, including mine, were hosted on Google's Blogspot. There wasn't any legalese on any of the smaller/medium sized ones and I really haven't once regretted that there wasn't.
    - hammyhavoc 4y ago
      Law.
      - AlchemistCamp 4y ago
        Sure, and law varies greatly by region. China, North Korea, and to a degree, Russia have been extremely restrictive for a long time, western Europe has recently become more so and many other places are still relatively free. My "why" question was intended from more of an ethical first principles standpoint than a legalistic one. I know that some jurisdictions bury pretty much any online activity in mountains of regulatory requirements. That's not novel or interesting. As I said in the ancestor comment, it's "a sad state of affairs when even personal blogs are expected to be laden with legal documents".
- Zagitta 4y ago
  It's not that hard to write "we keep none of your personal data" as your privacy policy, if you want to track me on a personal blog you better get your legal story straight...
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luckylion 4y ago
That's the first time I'm hearing of suggestions that Google will downrank sites without it. Do you have a source?
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- johnny_reilly 4y ago
  Also intrigued as to whether this could be a cause. I'm certainly not opposed to adding one, but I'd be surprised if it was necessary. But I'm here to learn!
- orangepurple 4y ago
  My Facebook ad campaigns were repeatedly rejected until I made that one change. And they never said why it was being rejected. It was only that change that fixed it.
- DwnVoteHoneyPot 4y ago
  Definitely need a source. I had a new website that had minimal text content. At first the most popular Google keywords were from privacy and terms! Had to change those pages to no robot.
- SteveGerencser 4y ago
  It's only an ads thing. Facebook, Google, etc., all require to those pages be on a website to run ads. They say nothing about Personal websites, but the EU probably does once you start using GA.
- dazc 4y ago
  Unlikely to be a source but a good benchmark is to have this stuff in place because a)It takes almost no effort, b)You don't know if it makes a difference or not, and c)There is pretty much zero chance it's going to have a negative impact.
zuccs 4y ago
This is definitely not a thing.

No privacy policy and no terms of service might do it

AlchemistCamp 4y ago

What a sad state of affairs when even personal blogs are expected to be laden with legal documents.

cseleborg 4y ago
I agree with the sentiment, but if a personal blog tracks users and sends data on them to someone else, as with GA, then it absolutely needs a privacy policy.
- AlchemistCamp 4y ago
  Why? I had a blog and regularly commented on dozens of blogs from 2005-2015. Just about all of them used Google Analytics and in the early days many, including mine, were hosted on Google's Blogspot. There wasn't any legalese on any of the smaller/medium sized ones and I really haven't once regretted that there wasn't.
  - hammyhavoc 4y ago
    Law.
    - AlchemistCamp 4y ago
      Sure, and law varies greatly by region. China, North Korea, and to a degree, Russia have been extremely restrictive for a long time, western Europe has recently become more so and many other places are still relatively free. My "why" question was intended from more of an ethical first principles standpoint than a legalistic one. I know that some jurisdictions bury pretty much any online activity in mountains of regulatory requirements. That's not novel or interesting. As I said in the ancestor comment, it's "a sad state of affairs when even personal blogs are expected to be laden with legal documents".
Zagitta 4y ago
It's not that hard to write "we keep none of your personal data" as your privacy policy, if you want to track me on a personal blog you better get your legal story straight...
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luckylion 4y ago

That's the first time I'm hearing of suggestions that Google will downrank sites without it. Do you have a source?

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johnny_reilly 4y ago
Also intrigued as to whether this could be a cause. I'm certainly not opposed to adding one, but I'd be surprised if it was necessary. But I'm here to learn!
orangepurple 4y ago
My Facebook ad campaigns were repeatedly rejected until I made that one change. And they never said why it was being rejected. It was only that change that fixed it.
DwnVoteHoneyPot 4y ago
Definitely need a source. I had a new website that had minimal text content. At first the most popular Google keywords were from privacy and terms! Had to change those pages to no robot.
SteveGerencser 4y ago
It's only an ads thing. Facebook, Google, etc., all require to those pages be on a website to run ads. They say nothing about Personal websites, but the EU probably does once you start using GA.
dazc 4y ago
Unlikely to be a source but a good benchmark is to have this stuff in place because a)It takes almost no effort, b)You don't know if it makes a difference or not, and c)There is pretty much zero chance it's going to have a negative impact.

zuccs 4y ago

This is definitely not a thing.