Link to your privacy policy in the footer
SkillWeb & browsingThis is a skill for AI agents that checks whether a website has a visible, accessible privacy policy link. It is used when reviewing a site's footer navigation, where such links are expected to appear. The first keyword phrase, privacy policy claude skill, describes its use with agents that support skills.
Available today. Use it from your connected AI after setup.
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Have an AI agent setup that supports loading skills.
Then ask your AI: use the Link to your privacy policy in the footer skill
What your AI can do with it
- Check whether a website has a visible privacy policy link
- Verify that a privacy policy link is accessible to visitors
- Review footer navigation for a privacy policy link
Getting started
- Have an AI agent setup that supports loading skills.
- Add the privacy-policy skill to the agent's available skills.
- Ask the agent to review a website for a visible, accessible privacy policy link, particularly in the footer navigation.
What this skill tells your AI
The instructions your AI receives, as published by thedaviddias/front-end-checklist in skills/privacy-policy/SKILL.md and read by ahel’s review.
Collecting user data without a publicly accessible privacy policy violates GDPR (EU), CCPA (California), PIPEDA (Canada), and other regulations — even if the policy is technically published but not linked from the site.
Quick Reference
- Link to a published privacy policy from the footer of every page
- The privacy policy must be written in plain language and accessible to all users
- Required when you collect any personal data: names, emails, IP addresses, cookies, analytics data
- GDPR requires the policy to be easily accessible — a footer link satisfies this requirement
- The link text should be 'Privacy Policy' (or locale equivalent) for SEO and accessibility
- Disclose retention periods and whether analytics, logs, or monitoring receive personal data
Check
Check whether the website footer contains a link to a privacy policy page. Verify the linked page contains an actual privacy policy with contact information, what data is collected, and user rights. Check that the link is present on all pages, not just the homepage. Confirm the policy discloses retention periods and whether analytics, logging, or monitoring vendors receive user data.
Fix
Add a 'Privacy Policy' link to the site footer that appears on every page. Ensure the linked page describes what personal data is collected, why, how it is used, who it is shared with, how long it is kept, and how users can exercise their rights.
Explain
Explain why a publicly accessible privacy policy is legally required under GDPR and CCPA, what information it must contain, and how to make it genuinely accessible to users.
Code Review
Review server config, headers, forms, and integration points related to Link to your privacy policy in the footer. Flag exact responses, cookies, or browser behaviors that violate the rule, and verify them against the effective production-like response.
For full implementation details, code examples, and framework-specific guidance,
see references/rule.md.
Rule page: https://frontendchecklist.io/en/rules/privacy/privacy-policy
Signals
- GitHub stars
- 74k
- Forks
- 7k
- Last commit
- Aug 2026
Questions
- What does this skill check for?
- It checks whether a website has a visible, accessible privacy policy link, with particular attention to the footer navigation.
- When should it be used?
- Use it when reviewing whether a website has a visible, accessible privacy policy link, particularly in the footer navigation.
- Does it read the contents of the privacy policy itself?
- The skill is described as checking for a visible, accessible privacy policy link; it does not state that it reviews the policy's contents.
Advanced
- Item type
- skill
- Key
privacy-policy-thedaviddias- Source
- github.com/thedaviddias/front-end-checklist