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Legislation, GDPR and AVG
Under the GDPR legislation, it is of great importance that your website is secure and that you visibly inform visitors about privacy. In addition, you must ask visitors for permission when you want to process data. A website from Tijdvooreensite is well protected and offers the possibility to become optimally GDPR-proof.
What is GDPR?
GDPR stands for General Data Protection Regulation. This European regulation focuses on safeguarding the privacy rights of citizens. Organizations have been given greater responsibilities under the new legislation, and privacy supervisors have greater powers. If you do not comply with the new GDPR, you run the risk of a significant fine. It is therefore important that your website offers you the possibilities to become GDPR-proof.
A GDPR-compliant website
Tijdvooreensite has made an effort to make your website GDPR compliant. You can also implement GDPR measures yourself via the CMS.
Your website is already prepared for the AVG / GDPR:
- SSL security ensures that data is exchanged securely via forms
- Data is stored securely on certified servers
- Updates continuously protect your website against hacks and bugs
You can make your website GDPR-proof via the CMS by, among other things:
- Activate and adjust cookie notification
- Inserting a privacy statement into forms
- Adjusting the Google Analytics code to anonymize IP addresses
- The ability to embed YouTube videos in privacy mode
- AGV checklist for your website
Ready for the GDPR?
Are you ready for a new website that must comply with the new AVG privacy legislation? Call or email us quickly for more information, or request a free demo of an AVG-proof website right away.
Disclaimer
A disclaimer on your website provides clarity in liability issues, for you and your visitors. In a disclaimer you describe to what extent you are responsible as an entrepreneur. It is, as it were, an indemnity clause in which you limit your possible liability, but also in which the rights and obligations of your website visitors are stated. In addition to drawing up a disclaimer for your website, you can also do this for your newsletter or e-mails.
Unlike the general terms and conditions, a disclaimer is not an agreement. It is a unilateral statement in which you exclude misunderstandings. For this reason, a disclaimer is not mandatory. Great, that saves you a complicated legal document on your site and a lot of hassle. Or not? Tijdvooreensite explains why it is still worth investing in a clear indemnity clause.
The Usefulness of a Disclaimer
There is a good chance that you have also come across a disclaimer offline. The sign with ”the use of the cloakroom is at your own risk” in a theatre, for example. As a visitor, you know immediately what to expect and that creates clarity. That clarity is nice, whether you are in the theatre or scrolling through a website.
In addition to providing information, having a disclaimer made is also very useful to mention the copyright on your images/texts and to protect yourself from pricing and typing errors. Do you maintain a blog? Then it may happen that certain information in older blogs is no longer correct over time. In this case, the disclaimer is the ideal place to mention that the information can sometimes be outdated. Although a disclaimer is not mandatory, we at Tijdvooreensite certainly recommend including one.
How do I write a disclaimer?
There are a number of general texts and a disclaimer generator available on the internet, but these may not match your company one-on-one. Do you want to be sure of a complete disclaimer? Tijdvooreensite works together with an expert who specializes in the field of legal documents. They draw up a disclaimer entirely customized and for an affordable price. For companies with international customers, an English disclaimer can also be drawn up.
General terms and conditions
Whether you sell handmade scarves or offer courses and training. Chances are that you will have to deal with things like invoices or the time frame within which a product/service is delivered. For such agreements that are exactly the same for every agreement, you can draw up general terms and conditions for your website or webshop.
Preventing conflicts with general terms and conditions
General terms and conditions are the rules that you want to apply as standard when concluding agreements regarding your products or services. Your terms and conditions regarding payment, warranty, complaint handling, delivery and the cooling-off period are matters that belong here. Why would you draw up general terms and conditions? It is not mandatory, but by recording these points in black and white, you can always fall back on them, which reduces the risks that you run as an entrepreneur. Above all, your customers will not be faced with surprises.
Drawing up clear general terms and conditions is especially important for small businesses and ZZP’ers. In the event of damage, you can also be held personally liable. General terms and conditions ensure that this is not recovered from your personal assets.
When are my general terms and conditions valid?
Your set of agreements must meet a number of requirements to be truly valid. The rules that you want to apply as standard when concluding agreements must of course not conflict with the law. The two most important requirements are:
- People should be able to read the general terms and conditions before they use a service or buy a product. This can be done, for example, by placing the general terms and conditions online on your website and sending them along with the quote.
- Very disadvantageous agreements for the consumer are absolutely not done. These are called 'unreasonable provisions'. Think of a notice period of 5 months that is too long or silently extending a contract.
Have your general terms and conditions drawn up by an expert
At Tijdvooreensite we know everything about building websites, but we don’t know anything about legal matters. To make sure that your general terms and conditions contain the most important points that apply to your company, you can have the general terms and conditions drawn up by a professional. Our partner is an expert in the field of legal documents. They will go through all agreements between you and all parties involved point by point and provide advice where necessary. Good to know: the general terms and conditions can also be drawn up in English.
Cookie Statement
Almost all websites use cookies. Chances are that you have already installed a cookie notification for this. According to the GDPR and the renewed Cookie Law, a simple ‘alert’ is not enough and website administrators must now provide full transparency about their cookies. This means: a text file is required in which all details about your cookie policy are highlighted.
What should be described in the cookie statement?
With a cookie statement you inform your website visitors about your use of cookies. The following matters must be described in a cookie statement:
- Which cookies you use
- What is the function of these cookies?
- How exactly these cookies are placed
- How visitors can refuse or block cookies
- The retention period of the placed cookies
All this information must be shown before the user gives permission for the cookie to be placed. Often the cookie notification (in a pop-up window) refers to the extensive cookie statement.
Is a cookie statement mandatory for my website?
Do you use cookies on your website? Then it is mandatory under the Cookie Act and the GDPR to have a cookie statement. Anyone who does not use cookies does not need a cookie statement.
Have your cookie statement drawn up by smart software
You can of course draw up a cookie statement yourself using sample texts on the internet. However, your cookie policy is not exactly the same as that of others. In addition, you just have to know which cookies you use. We at Tijdvooreensite therefore recommend that you have the cookie statement drawn up by our partner CookieCode .
CookieCode has developed smart software that allows visitors to easily set their cookie preferences and automatically update the mandatory cookie and privacy statement . You don’t have to do anything else for this. View an example of a custom cookie statement here , created by CookieCode. In addition to an AVG-proof cookie statement, your website will of course also be provided with a top-notch cookie notification.
CookieCode software is easy to implement based on five questions.