Terms Of Service / Privacy Policy Document Generator

Posted July 10, 2007 at 9:52 AM

Tags: ColdFusion

A long time ago, someone asked me about creating a Terms of Service and Privacy Policy for a web site. I don't know much of anything about that stuff so I couldn't really help. But then, a less long time ago, someone actually posted a generic Terms of Service / Privacy Policy template on the House of Fusion CF-Talk list. Now, months and months later, I have finally taken that template and wrapped it up in a little form that will generate a terms of service / privacy policy document based on your company name and residing state.

I have put the Privacy Policy / Terms of Service generator into the existing ColdFusion section of my site. I figured that the ColdFusion section was a bit more appropriate than the Utility section since it's business related (while it is technically just a utility feature). It will generate both the visual document as well as provide you with an easy to use Textarea so that you can copy-n-paste the HTML used to generate the document.

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Jul 10, 2007 at 3:07 PM // reply »
2 Comments

Thank you very much.

I needed to update the Privacy Policy and didn't even have a Terms page.

Michael


Jul 10, 2007 at 3:59 PM // reply »
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My pleasure.


Jul 10, 2007 at 11:15 PM // reply »
76 Comments

A quick question, where it says state will that work for overseas countries or something such as "USA" (for all of america)?


Jul 11, 2007 at 8:21 AM // reply »
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@Shuns,

The State field gets used in the Privacy Policy (State of XXXX). I suppose you could later that to fit your needs. Again, I don't really know that much about this stuff, I was just working off of a generic template that someone posted.


Jul 12, 2007 at 9:02 AM // reply »
1 Comments

Thx for the template I just put up my hosting site and had to have a TOS and Private Policy. I added things to the terms to fit my needs and looks great.

Thanks
www.grandhostingsolutions.com Support Team


Jul 12, 2007 at 9:05 AM // reply »
7,203 Comments

Awesome! Glad that I could provide a nice little service here.


Aug 1, 2007 at 2:28 AM // reply »
1 Comments

Thank you for this, it is very useful!
Carole.


Aug 1, 2007 at 7:21 AM // reply »
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My pleasure. It's something that I have been wanting to do for a long time.


Aug 20, 2007 at 1:09 PM // reply »
1 Comments

Thank you so much...you're a hero!


Aug 20, 2007 at 1:19 PM // reply »
7,203 Comments

Glad to help.


Oct 21, 2007 at 5:48 AM // reply »
1 Comments

Awesome job. This is a REALLY nice tool. Helped me out alot.


Apr 15, 2008 at 11:14 PM // reply »
1 Comments

Just used it on my site. Thanks for making it so easy!


Jul 14, 2008 at 6:14 AM // reply »
1 Comments

It is very useful thanks.

It's quite difficult for newbies to write their own Terms of Service but this tool will really help them out.


Jul 23, 2008 at 5:38 AM // reply »
1 Comments

Thanks buddy...

You saved me a million hours... And my sanity...


Jul 24, 2008 at 8:29 PM // reply »
1 Comments

thanks! i needed some generic terms, i know that eventually i should have a lawyer go over my specific situation but in the meanwhile I HAD to put something up to be in compliance. this is excellent.


Oct 16, 2008 at 11:02 AM // reply »
1 Comments

Thanks very much for this! I was wondering how I was going to do it. This is perfect!


Mar 1, 2009 at 11:07 PM // reply »
1 Comments

I'm building a website for my Mom and suddenly found myself in need of these site documents - with no idea where to start.

Thanks for sharing this very nifty resource!


Mar 2, 2009 at 8:21 AM // reply »
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@Tonya,

Happy to help - glad you found it useful.


Jul 4, 2009 at 4:00 AM // reply »
1 Comments

thanks ben, I'm not a big fan of contracts so to find your no no-nesense ToS generator has helped me no end.

all the best

matt


Jul 17, 2009 at 3:22 PM // reply »
1 Comments

Thanks for the cool little tool. This will help the new guy, I'm going to add a link back to this generator at the bottom of my page.


Jul 18, 2009 at 12:51 PM // reply »
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@Tom,

Glad to help out my man.


Jul 22, 2009 at 8:59 AM // reply »
1 Comments

thanks for that!


Aug 1, 2009 at 6:48 PM // reply »
1 Comments

This was very helpful. Thank you for coming up with it.


Aug 27, 2009 at 8:18 PM // reply »
2 Comments

Hi,

I been searching for TOS and I found your page. The generator is excellent! Thank you for taking the time out to make it.

I just have a quick question. If we use this TOS etc will it be valid protection for us? Does it hold any value?

Or is it meant to provide a little cover fire for a broke developer (me) haha until he/she can scrape up enough money for a lawyer etc

Thanks again for making this!


Sep 2, 2009 at 9:33 AM // reply »
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@JustLaunched,

This has not been run by any legal team. It's just to have *something* in place.


Sep 4, 2009 at 2:39 AM // reply »
2 Comments

@Ben Nadel

Hey thank you for replying. Yeah I just wanted more detail on it that's all. I think I get what you are saying though :-)

You are right though... "Sade makes coding feel sexy." haha

One time I was programming and I finally solved part of an application and I cranked up the headphones with her song "Smooth Operator." You should try it... It makes you feel like a King.

King Kong ain't got sh*t on me!!! hahah - Training Day.

Alright man thanks again, and thanks for creating the generator.

- Cypherpunk


Sep 6, 2009 at 11:35 AM // reply »
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@JustLaunched,

Ha ha ha, Smoother Operator is a quality song for sure.


Sep 25, 2009 at 11:14 PM // reply »
1 Comments

Hi Ben, you have really solved my problem. I will surely recommend your great tool to all my webmaster friends. !! Have a nice day.


Sep 26, 2009 at 2:23 AM // reply »
1 Comments

Thanks man awesome


Oct 22, 2009 at 11:42 AM // reply »
1 Comments

Thank you very much!
I was searching for this for long time.Finally i could enter correct query into g00gle search box to arrive at your page...


Dec 18, 2009 at 11:06 PM // reply »
1 Comments

Thanks for a very useful resource, Ben! Any idea where one could get a boilerplate disclaimer for the new FTC rules?

:)

Erich


Jan 5, 2010 at 9:03 AM // reply »
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@Erich,

I have no idea what FTC rules are :)


Jan 20, 2010 at 7:52 AM // reply »
2 Comments

Oh god thanks,
I would need this as the base so i can got mine up and running soon ;p


Jan 31, 2010 at 7:12 AM // reply »
1 Comments

Thanks for providing this tool Ben. I've been trying to find a good TOS template or an example of one for quite some time. I didn't expect to find a free tool that would create a customized TOS page for me. This is very cool! I appreciate it.


Jan 31, 2010 at 11:12 AM // reply »
2 Comments

Ya, it did becoming a great too for starter user to have their personal TOS on using the base template..
So yeah, good job dude


Feb 1, 2010 at 8:07 AM // reply »
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@Scott, @John,

Glad it was able to get you moving in the right direction.


Feb 3, 2010 at 9:52 AM // reply »
1 Comments

Ben, thanks for the help with this terms of service generator. Great stuff. Thanks!


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