Free Privacy Policy Generator

Privacy Policy Generator — guide & how to use

What it does

This free privacy policy generator is a rules engine, not boilerplate. You answer a few questions about who you are, who visits you, what data you collect, and how you use it — and the tool assembles only the clauses that match your situation into a complete, dated, copy/print-ready policy. It implements the requirements of GDPR / UK GDPR (Art. 13), CCPA/CPRA including the amendments effective January 1, 2026, PIPEDA, and the Australia Privacy Act baseline. A site can trigger several of these at once — the engine layers them rather than picking one.

Privacy policy for a website, Shopify store, app, or small business

Whatever you run — a marketing website, a Shopify or WooCommerce store, a mobile app, a SaaS product, or a small-business landing page — if you collect email signups, run analytics, or set cookies, you need a privacy policy. Use this as a free GDPR privacy policy template and CCPA/PIPEDA template in one: pick your audiences and data, and the generator assembles the clauses each platform and law actually requires.

How to use it

1. Enter your legal name, site, and contact email (required — the policy never ships with empty placeholders).
2. Tick which regions your visitors come from. EU/UK is on by default because GDPR applies extraterritorially to almost any site.
3. Select the data you collect, your purposes, and the third parties you share with.
4. Click Generate policy. Review the green status line, the compliance checklist, and any warning flags, then use Copy policy text to paste it into your site, or print/download to PDF.

The 2026 CCPA changes you can't ignore

The CCPA/CPRA amendments effective January 1, 2026 make many existing policies stale. This tool defaults to the 2026 ruleset: it requires a specific retention period or criteria per category ("as long as necessary" alone is now insufficient), categories of personal information disclosed to service providers/contractors in the prior 12 months, confirmation that a Global Privacy Control (GPC) opt-out has been processed (now mandatory), and treats neural data and all data from people under 16 as sensitive personal information.

Why GDPR probably applies to you

The most common build mistake is assuming "I'm a small US site, so GDPR doesn't apply." GDPR/UK GDPR apply extraterritorially (Art. 3(2)) to any site that offers goods or services to, or monitors, EU/UK visitors — which includes basic analytics. That's why the EU/UK toggle defaults to Yes. When GDPR is active the tool requires a lawful basis for every processing purpose (the single most common GDPR drafting error) and blocks generation until each purpose has one.

What the tool checks for you

• Blocks generation on blank required fields so you never publish a policy with [COMPANY NAME] left in.
• Validates your email format before generating.
• Flags contradictions: e.g. you selected ad pixels but answered "No" to selling/sharing — under CCPA, ad pixels usually count as "sharing".
• Flags "no cookies" + analytics/ads — analytics almost always sets cookies/identifiers.
• Forces a retention period or criteria whenever GDPR or CCPA is active.
• Requires a named Privacy Officer when PIPEDA (Canada) is active.
• Flags children's data (COPPA verifiable parental consent for under-13; sensitive-PI treatment under CCPA 2026).

Accuracy & honesty notes — read before publishing

This is a template, not legal advice. Have the generated policy reviewed by a qualified attorney in your jurisdiction before publishing. A few practical notes:

• Garbage in, garbage out. The tool builds a template from your self-reported answers; it cannot verify what your site actually does. A policy that misstates your real practices is itself a violation (e.g. FTC "deceptive practices", GDPR transparency breach).
• Coverage is limited to the regimes implemented (GDPR/UK GDPR, CCPA/CPRA incl. Jan 1 2026, PIPEDA, AU Privacy Act baseline). It does not cover sector laws (HIPAA, GLBA, FERPA, COPPA verification mechanics) or every US-state law (Colorado, Virginia, Connecticut, Texas, Oregon and 14+ others) — it only flags them.
• Rules are versioned to the law as of 2026-01-01. Re-generate after material changes to your data practices, and at least every 12 months (CCPA requires annual review).
• A policy is necessary but not sufficient. GDPR also needs a working lawful basis, a valid cookie-consent banner, and records of processing; CCPA needs functioning opt-out links and GPC honoring; PIPEDA needs an actual accountable officer. The document alone does not make you compliant.
• 100% private. The tool does not store your inputs server-side — everything runs in your browser, which matters because you're entering business contact details into a privacy tool.

How to embed this tool on your website

No account, no coding. Copy the embed code and paste it where you want it to appear:

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  style="width:100%;max-width:720px;height:2200px;border:0;"
  title="Privacy Policy Generator" loading="lazy"></iframe>
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