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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".