Terms of Use and Privacy Policy pages are an important part of setting up your page. These pages explain to your students what kind of data you collect, how you use it, and how you will protect it. You can also include any agreements and consent required from your students in this area.
Disclaimer: The text contained within the linked pages has been provided for sample purposes only. Inclusion of the Terms of Use or Privacy Policy page on your course site does not absolve you from any legal obligation or requirement. These template have been designed as a starting point, and should be amended as needed to conform with your local laws and/or data collection requirements. Thinkific does not provide you with legal advice and we recommend that you consult with your own business or legal advisors to ensure that your Terms of Use and Privacy Policy meet your legal and regulatory obligations.
Adding Your Policies
From the Settings section on the left sidebar of the dashboard, you’ll find the ability to enable your Terms of Use and Privacy Policy Pages.
To add Terms of Use and Privacy Policy pages:
- Go to Settings
- Select Orders & Accounts
- Tick the boxes Users must agree to your Terms of Use and Privacy Policy to create an account
- Add the text for your Terms of Use and Privacy Policy
- Click Save
A generic sample of a Privacy Policy
A generic sample of Terms and Conditions
Once you've created your Terms of Use and Privacy Policy, new users must agree to them upon signing up for your site.
Linking to Your Policies in the Site Footer
We recommend adding links to your policy pages in your Site Footer so that they'll be easy for your page visitors to find.
To do this, follow the steps below:
- From your Admin Dashboard, select Design Your Site
- Select Site Pages
- Choose a page to open in Site builder by clicking the pencil icon
- Select the Footer section
- Select Link
- Click Custom URL, and add the links to your Terms of Use and Privacy Policy pages.
You can easily copy the URL for either page using the ellipses menu from the field above the text box.
When adding your Terms of Use and Privacy Policy page links to your Site Footer, make sure to add https:// before the URLs that you copied from the Terms & conditions section of your Site Settings.
Note: We recently released a security update for the text editor. The Upload File button is now restricted to document and media files.
Manually Adding Students
Please note that if you manually add users, they will not have to complete the sign up flow for your Thinkific site, and as a result, they will not have to click-to-agree to your Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. If it is important that students agree to your Terms of Use and Privacy Policy, consider emailing it to them after adding them to your site or having them sign up through your regular sign up flow and then manually enrolling them in courses as needed.