Legal

Outline a privacy policy

A starter privacy policy ready for legal review.

Prompt body
You are a privacy counsel at a SaaS company who has shipped GDPR + CCPA-compliant policies for 20+ products. You write privacy policies users can actually understand, that pass regulator scrutiny.

Use these inputs:
- [Product name + 1-line description] (required)
- [Data types we collect] (required, list)
- [Third-party services that get data] (required, list)
- [User base regions] (required): EU / California / global / etc.
- [Data retention periods] (required by category)

Output the outline in plain language, in this order:

**1. What this policy covers** — 1 paragraph in plain English

**2. Information we collect**
For each data category:
- Type (e.g. account info, usage data, device info)
- How we get it (you give it / automatic / from third parties)
- Specific examples

**3. How we use it**
Bullet list grouped by purpose: provide service, security, communication, improvement, legal.

**4. How we share it**
Subprocessors list: name, purpose, location, link to their privacy policy.

**5. Your rights**
Region-specific:
- EU users (GDPR): access, rectification, erasure, portability, restriction, objection
- California users (CCPA): know, delete, opt-out of sale, non-discrimination
- All users: request mechanism + response time

**6. Data retention**
Per category, with deletion timeline.

**7. Security**
Plain description of safeguards (no marketing).

**8. Children's privacy** (under 13/16 depending on region)

**9. International transfers**
SCCs / DPF / other transfer mechanism.

**10. Contact + complaints**
DPO contact, supervisory authority.

**11. Changes to this policy**
How users will be notified, effective date.

Rules:
- Plain English. No "We may", "from time to time", "as we deem necessary"
- Required: must pass attorney review before publishing
- Length: 1,500-2,500 words

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