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TermsFeed – Privacy Policy Generator

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The word free is littered around the home/pre-questionnaire pages, but click on generate to start the process and free vanishes rather quickly to be replaced with dollar signs. Strange marketing.

It is possible to generate a free privacy policy, although in my case that required selecting "no" when asked if I would pass over user details if faced with a subpoena (allowing for the possibility I might choose to comply would have been $3). It strikes me as highly unlikely that refusing to respond to a subpoena would have no serious ramifications, and I'd expect any information service with any shred of credibility to offer a view on that, and whether if I preferred to live dangerously, noncompliance with a subpoena is really a worse alternative than complying with a subpoena without express prior acknowledgment I might do so in the t&cs.

Of course, a decent general explanation is perhaps less likely to result in me paying for a "100% free" set of documents to "prevent legal issues" that are, according to this site's extremely short terms of use, "provided without any warranty, express or implied, including as to their legal effect and completeness".

Frankly I'd be more comfortable writing my own t&cs than trusting these guys...

> Frankly I'd be more comfortable writing my own t&cs than trusting these guys...

Agreed. Based on the free template this emits I don't think it's worth paying for the rest of them.

We're aware of this on the Free Agreements and looking into it.

As replied below, we're looking to extend these Free Agreements to include much more clauses to make them more attractive.

I haven't actually been able to get through it for free yet.

https://cdn.mediacru.sh/DSTI-uZ6Y7dV.png

Thanks for pointing this out.

This section is actually optional, it does not require an answer, but the design lacks clarification on this.

Will update.

Yeah, the claim of "free" gets annoying rather quickly since probably 99% of sites will do something that requires payment. For example, I went through with what I felt were fairly common practices (totally arbitrary) and the cost of a privacy policy ended up being $30.

It looks like a useful service and it says their legal documents are prepared by professional lawyers, however, the footer, contact page and terms of their website do not state their company's registered address, or number – in fact I can't find this information anywhere?

I agree that's important for confidence, plus some social proof is going to be needed on the website too.

Otherwise yes it has reasonable price points and a sensible service, I can easily see myself using this service.

reasonable price points? I dunno about that, have you actually gone through the process?

after the second or third page it is nickel and diming or 'death by a thousand cuts' pricing strategy.

I'd much prefer an upfront fee, like $50 or $100 or whatever

I tried this, like a week or so ago actually. I paid $46 for a terms doc and it wasn't good. Like the idea, and it's very similar in principal to one of my products (generate a document based on your needs), but it's simply not sophisticated enough yet. I wrote them and the refunded the purchase immediately so as far as who's behind it and their integrity, they were top shelf for me.

I would've paid more for a better, more tailored document.

You may also be interested in checking out iubenda (http://www.iubenda.com/en).

Disclaimer: I have no affiliation with this company other that I use it for MailCharts (http://www.mailcharts.com/).

Edit: Your first license with iubenda is free: https://www.iubenda.com/en/pricing

why in the world would this be a monthly plan fee? does a lawyer charge you a monthly fee for drafting a contract? or a mortgage?

the terms don't change and I can't think of any good reason to pay monthly, except of course that iubenda makes more money that way!

not everything needs to be crammed face first into an SaaS model

I seem to recall the idea was that they keep your terms up to date with evolution of services you rely on (i.e. when you compose the ToS you select Google Analytics, S3, Facebook, Mixpanel etc, and appropriate clauses are included, and kept up to date as third party update their own legal stuff).

Agreed. I would definitely not pay for this on a monthly basis. That being said, if you stick to the free plan, it does just what you'd expect.

Hi guys, part of iubenda here. First, we know we have to work on driving a couple of points home.

There's a free, yearly or monthly subscription. The subscriptions really just divide a bigger chunk of money into smaller very affordable bits.

If you need the basic, free bit, perfect. Otherwise the SaaS system is in place for us to deliver a sophisticated service at very little up front cost. If you keep using it you get the updates pushed right to your app. The license can be reused on new projects, too.

This seems like a useful service, but a bit more information on who is vetting these agreements and about the company behind the service would be helpful.

The following page results in a 403, as a heads up.

https://termsfeed.com/terms-use/?ref=tour

Thanks for pointing this out! Fixed now.

We're working on a new design and would include much more info. on this.

It's Free*

*Not actually free.

Hi there!

We do have a Free variant on all agreements available.

We're looking to extend these Free Agreements to include much more clauses.

question - "Users can create an account" & "We collect email..."

Do comment forms count? What about contact forms that do name, email, phone etc?

Yes.

text generation using template costs a lot more much money than i thought.

really ?

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