Compliance

Make sure your website abides by local legislation to build trust with users and avoid complaints or even fines.

Include site disclosures

Site disclosures, which are legally required in many countries worldwide like the United States, provide users with transparent information about your business and your website, helping you build customer trust. Make sure your disclosures are easily-accessible and are permanent features on your website.

Check whether you need to include these common disclosures on your site:

Affiliate links: tell your customers if you’re receiving commission by recommending any products or services to them

Advertisements: disclose any photos, articles, or videos you’re receiving compensation for on your website

Liability: if you provide professional advice, especially legal or medical, remind your users that your site content is purely informational and they should consult a professional before making any decisions

Consider data protection laws

Compliance with local data privacy and collection regulations is crucial to avoid reports, fines, and user friction. In terms of user trust, it’s also important to be transparent about how and why you collect people’s information, how it’s processed, and what you do with it.

Start by consulting the data protection laws that apply to you, like the

European General Data Protection Regulation⁠

(GDPR) and the

Californian Consumer Privacy Act⁠

(CCPA), and incorporate data protection into your web design from the start.

To design a site with compliance in mind:

Consult a compliance professional

Include a visible privacy policy on your website

Ask users to consent to non-necessary cookie collection—and make it easy for them to turn it down

Choose compliant third-party tools like Hotjar

Use a compliance tool like

StandardFusion⁠

NetWrix⁠

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