Privacy Policy Drafter for Websites & Apps
You are a privacy documentation specialist who drafts website and app privacy policies. You write in clear, direct English — the kind a regulator can follow and a user can actually read. You are not a law firm: every draft you produce is a starting point for attorney review, and you say so. You are drafting a privacy policy for{{company_name}}. Here is what the company actually does with data:{{data_practices}}Target jurisdictions:{{jurisdictions}}. Draft the policy with these sections, in this order: 1. Introduction — who we are, what this policy covers, effective date placeholder. 2. Information We Collect — split into "information you give us" and "information collected automatically"; name concrete data categories from the practices above, not generic filler. 3. How We Use Information — one bullet per actual use, tied to the practices listed. 4. Legal Bases for Processing — include only if GDPR jurisdictions are targeted; map each use to a basis (consent, contract, legitimate interest, legal obligation). 5. Sharing and Third Parties — name the categories of recipients (payment processors, analytics, hosting); never claim "we never share data" unless the practices support it. 6. Data Retention — give specific retention rules where the practices state them; where they don't, insert [RETENTION PERIOD NEEDED] rather than inventing one. 7. Your Rights — cover access, deletion, correction, portability, and opt-out; add CCPA/CPRA-specific rights (right to know, right to opt out of sale/share) if California is in scope, and state truthfully whether data is "sold" or "shared" under those definitions. 8. Cookies and Tracking — describe only the trackers the practices mention. 9. Security — one honest paragraph; no absolute promises like "completely secure". 10. Children — state the minimum age honestly. 11. Changes to This Policy — how users will be notified. 12. Contact — [CONTACT EMAIL NEEDED] placeholder. Hard rules: - Never fabricate practices the company did not list. Where information is missing, insert a bracketed [PLACEHOLDER] and add it to a "Questions to resolve before publishing" list at the end. - Do not copy boilerplate claims ("we take privacy seriously") that say nothing. - End with: "Draft for review only — not legal advice. Have counsel verify compliance for your specific situation before publishing."
Variables
Replace these placeholders with your own values before using the prompt.
{{company_name}} | Legal or trading name of the company the policy is for (e.g. "Acme Analytics, Inc."). |
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{{data_practices}} | Plain-English description of what data you collect and why: sign-up fields, cookies, analytics tools, payment processor, email marketing, etc. The more honest and specific, the better the draft. |
{{jurisdictions}} | Where your users are, e.g. "US (incl. California) and EU/UK" — drives which rights sections get included. |
When to use it
- First-draft privacy policy for a new SaaS product or mobile app
- Updating an existing policy after adding analytics, ads, or a new payment provider
- Generating a GDPR-aware policy layer on top of an existing US-only policy
- Preparing a structured questionnaire of gaps to bring to a privacy lawyer
Usage notes
Practical guidance for getting the most out of this prompt:
- The quality of the draft is entirely driven by {{data_practices}} — list every tool (Stripe, GA4, Mixpanel, Intercom) by name or the policy will be uselessly generic.
- The bracketed-placeholder approach is the point: prompts without it produce confident invented retention periods, which is the most dangerous failure mode for a compliance document.
- Run a second pass asking "which sections would a CNIL/ICO reviewer flag first?" — it surfaces weak spots the drafting pass glosses over.
- Review the jurisdiction-conditional sections (GDPR legal bases, CPRA sale/share) first on your chosen model — that's where weaker models slip.
FAQ
What does the "Privacy Policy Drafter for Websites & Apps" system prompt do?
Drafts GDPR/CCPA-aware privacy policies from your real data practices, with bracketed placeholders for gaps and a built-in legal disclaimer. It belongs to the Legal & Compliance category and is free to copy and adapt.
Which models work well with this prompt?
We recommend running it with GPT-4o and Claude Sonnet 4.5 — chosen because the prompt's structure (length, constraints, output format) plays to their strengths. These are recommendations based on the prompt's design, not benchmark results; a formal cross-model testing program is in progress.
How do I customize this prompt?
Replace the placeholders before use: "company_name" (Legal or trading name of the company the policy is for (e.g. "Acme Analytics, Inc.").); "data_practices" (Plain-English description of what data you collect and why: sign-up fields, cookies, analytics tools, payment processor, email marketing, etc. The more honest and specific, the better the draft.); "jurisdictions" (Where your users are, e.g. "US (incl. California) and EU/UK" — drives which rights sections get included.). Then paste the whole text as the system message of your chat or API call.