There are 6 new privacy laws in 2023 that will require new disclosures within your Privacy Policy if applicable to your business. These new laws have 'qualifiers', meaning that even if you do business or collect the personal information from users in a particular area, your business also has to exceed certain thresholds for the laws to apply. Because of these qualifiers, we have added some additional questions within your Termageddon license. Upon answering the new questions and clicking ‘submit’, your Privacy Policy will automatically update throughout 2023 with the newly required disclosures if applicable.
Here are the steps to update your Privacy Policy questionnaire:
1. Step 1: Log into your account at https://app.termageddon.com. If you forgot your password, you can reset it here: https://app.termageddon.com/password/reset
2. Step 2: Click the purple ‘update required’ button next to your license
3. Step 3: If you need to update the global license information questions, click the purple “Update” button, answer any blank/unanswered questions, and click 'save'. The button will appear purple if you are required to update this information (otherwise proceed to the next step).
4. Step 4: Click "Edit Policy Details" within the Privacy Policy box:
5. Step 5: Answer all the questions within the Privacy Policy questionnaire, clicking "Next" to view each set of questions. The screenshot below shows the qualifiers listed on the first page:
Make sure to click 'next' and answer any new/unanswered questions. This is also a good time just to review your answers just in general.
Seeing an option to activate a Cookie Policy and Consent Tool?
In 2022, we released a complimentary Cookie Policy and cookie consent solution. If you are seeing a prompt to activate the Cookie Policy and Consent Tool, you are welcome to activate it and generate those assets for your business as well (available after you complete the update for your Privacy Policy). Once generated, implementation instructions will be provided (or you can ask your web designer for a quote to add those to your website).
6. Step 6: Click 'submit on the final page of the Privacy Policy questionnaire. Clicking 'submit' is essential, as this ensures the updates are ready to be pushed to your Privacy Policy page throughout 2023.
7. Possible additional step 7: if you previously made overrides (via the "Override Policy" feature), we may not be able to push updates to particular sections of your Privacy Policy. You will will need to click “update overrides” and choose what overrides to keep and what new text to implement. You will see a prompt next to "Override Policy" (or "Update Overrides") if this is the case:
That’s it! You can now sit back and Termageddon will push any respective updates throughout 2023.
Frequently Asked Questions:
How long will this take?
Most customers will have this questionnaire updated within 5 minutes or less. For our larger customers, answering the questionnaire may take up to 10 minutes.
Can my web designer answer these questions for me?
No. These are qualifier questions about your business, so the website owner needs to answer these questions.
Can I share my license with my attorney or other people on my team?
Yes. Each Termageddon license has a ‘users’ tab, where you can click ‘share license’ and share access with anyone you would like. Termageddon licenses are often shared with the website owner, their web designer (for implementation), their coworkers, and their attorney, for example.
When are the automatic updates?
The Privacy Policy updates will be released prior to each privacy law's respective effective date, two of which start on January 1st of 2023.
With regard to CPRA, the Privacy Policy updates will reflect the text of the law itself and a further update will be released once the California Privacy Protection Agency finalizes and publishes the CPRA regulations.
I see an option to activate a Cookie Policy and Consent Tool, what should I do?
In 2022, we released a complimentary Cookie Policy and cookie consent solution. If you are seeing a prompt to activate the Cookie Policy and Consent Tool, you are welcome to activate it and generate those assets for your business as well. Once generated, implementation instructions will be provided (or you can ask your web designer for a quote to add those to your website).
How can I get help?
If you need help answering the questionnaire, please note each question provides a help article. You can also review this step-by-step guide walking you through these new questions. Simply answer the new questions and click ‘submit’ and you are good to go. You can contact support if you have any additional questions. If you are looking for legal advice, you should contact your attorney (or solicitor if you are in the UK).