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An auditor keeps your security honest. Nothing keeps your privacy policy honest.

An auditor keeps your security honest. Nothing keeps your privacy policy honest.

A SOC 2 audit examines the security controls you scoped into it, and platforms like Vanta collect the evidence for that…

24 Aug 2026

Adding AI to your app? Add these three disclosures to your privacy policy.

Adding AI to your app? Add these three disclosures to your privacy policy.

Calling an LLM API adds three things to what GDPR Article 13 makes you disclose: the model vendor becomes a recipient o…

19 Aug 2026

Enterprise buyers read your privacy policy before they read your pricing

Enterprise buyers read your privacy policy before they read your pricing

Enterprise buyers are legally required to vet you: GDPR Article 28 lets a controller use only processors providing suff…

18 Aug 2026

Remove "we may" or "possible" from your privacy policy. EU regulators call for plain language.

Remove "we may" or "possible" from your privacy policy. EU regulators call for plain language.

Search your own privacy policy for "we may". I did it to 336 published policies from Product Hunt launches and 231 of t…

18 Aug 2026

The most upvoted Product Hunt launches are no more compliant than the least Product Hunt series

The most upvoted Product Hunt launches are no more compliant than the least

I scanned 458 products launched on Product Hunt over 30 days in 2026 and split them by upvotes. Across a range from 4 t…

11 Aug 2026

Only 45% of Product Hunt privacy policies name a legal basis Product Hunt series

Only 45% of Product Hunt privacy policies name a legal basis

I scanned 458 products that launched on Product Hunt over 30 days in July and August 2026. 397 published a readable pri…

11 Aug 2026

60% of Product Hunt sites load a foreign vendor their policy never mentions Product Hunt series

60% of Product Hunt sites load a foreign vendor their policy never mentions

I scanned 458 products launched on Product Hunt over 30 days, loading each from inside the EU and reading its legal pag…

11 Aug 2026

Only 17% of Product Hunt launches ask when they set tracking cookies Product Hunt series

Only 17% of Product Hunt launches ask when they set tracking cookies

I scanned 458 products that launched on Product Hunt over 30 days in July and August 2026, loading each site from an EU…

11 Aug 2026

Two days from launch with no privacy policy. Twelve facts have to be true.

Two days from launch with no privacy policy. Twelve facts have to be true.

Before you publish a Privacy Policy, GDPR Article 13 requires twelve items. Two are close to boilerplate and one is you…

6 Aug 2026