GDPR Privacy Policy Generator.
Fill in your business details, tick the data you collect and the laws that apply to you, and this tool drafts a plain-English privacy policy with GDPR, UK GDPR and CCPA sections that you can copy into your website.
This generator produces a starting template, not legal advice. Privacy laws differ by country and change often; have a lawyer or data-protection adviser review the policy before you rely on it. Nothing you type leaves your browser.
GDPR Privacy Policy Generator is a free online tool from Neweb (neweb.ai) for small businesses, with no sign-up. Fill in your business details, tick the data you collect and the laws that apply to you, and this tool drafts a plain-English privacy policy with GDPR, UK GDPR and CCPA sections that you can copy into your website.
| Cost | Free, no account, no watermark |
|---|---|
| Built for | small businesses, freelancers and sole proprietors |
| Made by | Neweb, the AI website builder and online presence manager (free plan; paid plans from $9/month billed yearly) |
Facts checked October 2026.
What you'll get.
A real example of what this tool produces. Run it above with your own inputs.
Almost every small-business website collects personal data, even if it is only an enquiry form and an analytics script. If anyone in the EU or UK can reach your site, the GDPR and UK GDPR expect you to tell visitors who you are, what you collect, why, on what legal basis, who you share it with, how long you keep it and what rights they have. California adds its own list under the CCPA and CPRA, and many other countries, from Canada and Australia to Singapore, Nigeria and India, have privacy laws with a similar notice requirement.
This generator produces a readable policy that covers those common requirements. You switch on the laws that apply to you, tick the kinds of data your website actually collects, name the services you share it with and set a retention period. The tool assembles numbered sections in plain English, including the lawful-bases paragraph GDPR requires, an international-transfers section, a rights section that names the UK Information Commissioner's Office where relevant, and a CCPA paragraph with the "do not sell or share" language.
It is a template, not legal advice. The output is a strong first draft that you should read line by line and, for anything beyond a simple brochure site, have checked by a professional. The tool is free and runs in your browser; it comes from Neweb, the AI website builder for small businesses (free plan, paid plans from $9/month billed yearly, $19 month-to-month), where a privacy page is part of every generated site.
How to use the gdpr privacy policy generator
Enter your business name, website URL, country and the email address people should use for privacy questions. Add a postal address if you have one.
Tick the laws that apply: EU GDPR if you serve EU or EEA visitors, UK GDPR if you serve UK visitors, and CCPA/CPRA if you have California customers at a scale where the law applies.
Tick the data you collect: forms, accounts, payments, bookings, analytics, marketing emails and cookies. Only tick what your site actually does.
Name the third-party services that receive data (payment provider, analytics, email tool, booking system) and set a retention period.
Click Generate, read the preview, then Copy text or Copy HTML into your website's privacy page, or Print / save as PDF for your records.
Why this matters for your business
Regulators and platforms both check for it. Google, Apple, Meta and most payment providers require a published privacy policy before they will serve ads, list an app or process payments for you. Data protection authorities in the EU and UK have fined small businesses, not only large ones, for missing or misleading notices.
Customers read the first paragraph. A clear, specific policy that names the actual tools you use signals that you run a careful business. A generic policy copied from another site, or one that mentions services you do not use, signals the opposite and can itself be a breach.
It forces a useful audit. Ticking the boxes makes you list every place personal data flows. Most owners discover at least one form, plugin or newsletter tool they had forgotten, which is the moment to decide whether it is still needed.
Tips for better results
- Be specific about third parties. "Stripe, Google Analytics and Mailchimp" is more honest and more useful than "trusted partners".
- Switch on UK GDPR and EU GDPR together if you serve both markets; the generator adjusts the transfers and rights wording for the combination.
- Only switch on CCPA if the law applies to you (broadly, larger businesses by revenue or volume of California data); if it does not, an accurate GDPR-style rights section still covers Californian visitors courteously.
- Pair the policy with a cookie banner if you set analytics or marketing cookies for EU or UK visitors; the cookie consent banner generator produces a matching snippet.
- Set a real retention period. "Up to 6 years for tax reasons" is defensible in most countries; "indefinitely" is not.
- Review the policy once a year and whenever you add a tool. Update the effective date each time and keep the old version on file.
Example
A real-world walkthrough
Northline Physio, a two-clinic physiotherapy practice in Leeds, launches a new website with an enquiry form, online booking through a third-party scheduler and Google Analytics. It serves UK patients and the occasional visitor from Ireland, so it ticks UK GDPR and EU GDPR but not CCPA, ticks forms, bookings, analytics and cookies, names the scheduler and Google Analytics as third parties, and keeps the default retention wording.
The generated policy runs to thirteen sections, names the ICO as the complaints route, explains the lawful bases and states that no data is sold. The practice manager copies the HTML into the site's privacy page, saves a PDF with the date, and sends the text to the practice's adviser, who adds one paragraph about health data as a special category. Total time from blank page to review-ready draft: ten minutes.
Frequently asked questions
Is a generated privacy policy legally valid?
A privacy policy is valid when it is accurate and covers what the applicable law requires; the law does not care whether a lawyer, a template or a generator produced the words. This tool produces a draft that follows the structure of GDPR Articles 13 and 14 and the CCPA notice requirements, but it cannot know your business. If you handle health, financial or children's data, use profiling, or operate in a regulated sector, have a qualified adviser review and extend the draft. Neweb provides the tool as a convenience, not as legal advice.
Do I need a GDPR privacy policy if my business is outside the EU and UK?
Possibly. The GDPR and UK GDPR apply to businesses anywhere in the world that offer goods or services to people in the EU or UK or monitor their behaviour. A US store that ships to Europe, or an Australian consultant with British clients, is usually in scope. Even if you are outside scope, your own country almost certainly requires a privacy notice of some kind (PIPEDA in Canada, the Privacy Act in Australia, PDPA in Singapore, the DPDP Act in India, for example), and a GDPR-standard policy generally satisfies those requirements with minor additions.
What is the difference between GDPR and UK GDPR in the policy?
The two laws are almost identical in substance because the UK kept the GDPR text after leaving the EU, with changes made by the Data Protection Act 2018. In the generated policy the differences are the territory named in the international-transfers section, the safeguard mechanisms mentioned (standard contractual clauses for the EU, the International Data Transfer Agreement for the UK) and the complaints authority, which for the UK is the Information Commissioner's Office. Tick both if you serve both markets.
When does the CCPA apply to a small business?
The CCPA, as amended by the CPRA, applies to for-profit businesses that do business in California and meet at least one threshold: annual gross revenue above a figure in the region of $25 million (adjusted for inflation), buying, selling or sharing the personal information of 100,000 or more California consumers or households a year, or earning half or more of revenue from selling or sharing personal information. Most small businesses fall below these thresholds, but online sellers with large traffic can cross the 100,000 mark. If unsure, check the current thresholds on the California Privacy Protection Agency website.
Does the generator cover cookies and consent?
It includes a cookies section that distinguishes essential, analytics and marketing cookies and states that consent is requested where required. It does not replace a cookie banner. If you set analytics or marketing cookies for visitors in the EU or UK, the ePrivacy rules require prior consent, which means a banner with a genuine reject option. The cookie consent banner generator on this site produces a lightweight snippet that stores the visitor's choice.
Where should I put the policy on my website?
On its own page, linked from the footer of every page and from any form that collects personal data, with a link next to the submit button where practical. Name the page Privacy Policy or Privacy Notice so visitors and search engines recognise it. Keep the effective date visible, and keep a dated copy of each version. Websites built with Neweb include a privacy page in the footer by default; paste the generated text there and adjust it as your tools change.
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