Privacy policy guides and free templates
Plain-English guides to UK privacy law for small businesses and charities, and free templates to start from. Every legal statement links to the law itself. When your policy is written, check it against your website for free.
General information, not legal advice. Last reviewed 14 October 2026.
Law changes
- What the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 means for your privacy policyThe Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 in plain English: what changed in 2026 and what to update.
Checklists and answers
- Do you need cookie consent for Google Analytics in the UK?The 2026 analytics exemption explained: when analytics can run without consent, and when it cannot.
- What a UK privacy notice must containEverything UK GDPR says a privacy notice must include, with a review checklist.
Templates
- Free UK cookie policy templateA cookie policy for a small UK website, with the 2026 analytics exemption explained.
- Free data protection complaints procedure templateA free template for the complaints duty in force since 19 June 2026, with a line for your privacy notice.
- Free UK privacy notice template for small businessesA privacy policy template for UK small businesses, updated for the 2026 changes. Copy it, fill it in, then check it.
By sector
- Privacy notice for landlordsReferences, right to rent checks, deposits and contractors: what a tenant privacy notice needs.
- Privacy policy for counsellors and therapistsHealth data, confidentiality limits, notes and supervision: what a counselling privacy policy needs.
Choosing a tool
- Termly alternatives: do you need a generator or a checker?Privacy policy generators and checkers do different jobs. How to choose, for a UK business.
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