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Donata Stroink-Skillrud

Donata is the Co-founder and President of Termageddon, an auto-updating generator of website and application policies. She is a licensed attorney and Certified Information Privacy Professional. She also serves as the Chair of the American Bar Association's ePrivacy Committee and the Chair of the Chicago Chapter of the International Association of Privacy Professionals. In her free time, Donata enjoys beekeeping, hunting for morel mushrooms, and walks with her husband and two dogs.

Terms of Service for an eCommerce website

Terms of Service for an eCommerce website

A Terms of Service (also referred to as a Terms and Conditions, Terms of Use, TOS or T&C) is a statement that details the rules of using your website. Virtually any website …

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How to handle Privacy Policy updates

How to handle Privacy Policy updates

Unfortunately, the days of putting a Privacy Policy on your website and never looking at it again are long gone. The truth is that Privacy Policies are changing at an increasingly fast …

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Where should a Privacy Policy be on a website?

Where should a Privacy Policy be on a website?

If your website collects Personally Identifiable Information (PII) such as names, emails, phone numbers or IP addresses through features such as contact forms, email newsletter sign up forms or analytics, you may …

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What is a Terms of Service?

What is a Terms of Service agreement?

If you have made a purchase online, signed up for an account, submitted a contact form, or simply visited a websites, chances are that you have seen or agreed to a Terms …

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Why do companies have a Privacy Policy?

Why do companies have a Privacy Policy?

If you’ve been paying attention to the footers of the websites that you visit, you’re probably wondering – why do companies have a Privacy Policy? So many websites have Privacy Policies nowadays …

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Why is every company updating their Privacy Policy

Why is every company updating their Privacy Policy?

If you look through your emails, chances are that you have received quite a few “we have updated our Privacy Policy” emails lately. You may even be asking yourself why is every …

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Can you copy Terms of Service?

Can you copy Terms of Service?

If you have a website, you should have a Terms of Service on that website to help protect your business from various liabilities and costs. Terms of Service, also referred to as …

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Termageddon Privacy Policy best practices

Privacy Policy best practices

Having a Privacy Policy is very beneficial – it can help you comply with privacy laws, thereby helping you avoid privacy-related fines and lawsuits, and it can help you show your customers …

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Privacy Policy vs. Terms and Conditions

Privacy Policy vs. Terms and Conditions

If you have been paying attention, you have probably noticed that most websites that you visit have a Privacy Policy and Terms and Conditions (also referred to as a Terms of Service …

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Colorado Privacy Act Compliance Guide

Colorado Privacy Act Compliance Guide

The Colorado Privacy Act (SB190) is a privacy law that was signed into law on July 8, 2021 to protect the privacy of residents of Colorado. The law achieves this goal by …

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