Whether you’ve already generated your privacy policy or are just getting started, we’ve got the help, guides, and examples you need to get fully set up and successfully integrate your privacy policy onto your Weebly site.
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Yes, you do, and here’s why:
Under most countries’ laws, you are legally required to have a valid privacy policy in place to inform users about your data processing activities and how you use their data.
Failing to do so can result in significant penalties, the legal invalidation of the data you’ve collected (for example, email contact list), and harm your website’s reputation.
Furthermore, third parties like Weebly explicitly require you to have a privacy policy in place in line with applicable law.
When figuring out which essential services to add to your Policy, remember that your privacy policy should be individual to your particular needs and should contain, at the very least:
You can quickly generate a privacy policy with iubenda. This video will show you just how quick and easy it is to generate a Privacy and Cookie Policy with iubenda.
Try it out with our free plan today!
Once you’ve generated your Privacy and Cookie Policy with iubenda there are three simple ways to integrate it on your Weebly site:
To get started first head over to your iubenda dashboard, click on [Your website] >Privacy and Cookie Policy > Embed
Standard embedding for a widget that opens a modal at the footer click on > Add a widget to the footer and click on > COPY (next to “Privacy Policy”)
Next, head over to your Weebly website editor, select + Add > Section
After that, scroll down to Organize and select <> Embed code
Then, click on the <> Embed code option on the left of your screen
Finally, paste your iubenda code here and click on Done
That’s it! Check out your results!
To add a direct link click on Use a direct link look for Privacy Policy and click on COPY
⚠️ NOTE: When following the instructions below, you must copy your iubenda code. Do not copy and use the sample code shown in this guide.
Next, head over to your Weebly website editor, select + Add > Section
After that, scroll down to Organize and select <> Embed code
Then, click on the <> Embed code option on the left of your screen
Before pasting in your iubenda link please add <a href=" to the start of the link and ">Privacy Policy</a>
Here is an example below but please remember your link will have a different value. The number shown here is just an example.
Click on Done! Check out the results (please note the link will only work once the site is published)
The direct text embedding option makes your Privacy and Cookie Policy look like part of your site. For direct text embedding (in this case, you need to create an empty page on Weebly and paste our code there. This way, the page is populated with your Privacy and Cookie Policy)
Click on Embed the text in the body, then under the title “Privacy Policy“ click on the COPY button next to the code
Now, head over to your Weebly website editor click on + Add > Page
Next, select (blank page) under the title ‘More’
After that, add the title “Privacy Policy” to the (blank page)
Now, click on + Add Section under the ‘page sections’
Then, Select <> Embed code under the title ‘Organize’
Finally, paste your iubenda code here and click on Done
And you’re done! You now have a Privacy and Cookie Policy that looks as if it is a part of your own site.
💡Not sure what privacy documents you need for your Weebly? Do this quick quiz to see which laws apply to you and your business.
