Almost nobody needs every legal document on the internet, and almost everybody needs more of them than they think. This guide goes through the ones that matter in the order you are likely to hit them: what each has to be able to answer, which generators produce it, and the two failures that cause the most trouble — a policy that promises something you do not do, and a blank where a term should be. Every document below is generated in your browser from a form, so nothing you type leaves your device. None of it is legal advice.
Start with what your site actually does
Before any wording, write down what is true: what personal data you collect and where it comes from, who else touches it (analytics, email, payments, hosting), whether you ship physical goods, whether users can post content, and which countries you sell into. Every generator here assembles clauses from what you tick rather than pasting a competitor's list, so a privacy policy ends up describing your setup — which is the only version that survives being read against your actual practices.
The four documents nearly every site needs
A privacy policy that names the categories of data you collect, why you process them, who you share them with and how long you keep them (Privacy Policy Generator). Terms of service that set the rules of use and a real liability limit (Terms of Service Generator). A cookie policy listing each cookie category with a typical retention period, and a consent banner that actually gates the non-essential tags until the visitor chooses — a banner that appears after analytics has already fired has changed nothing (Cookie Policy Generator, Cookie Consent Banner Generator). And a contact route plus a copyright notice, so people can reach you and see who owns the work.
If you sell anything
A returns policy that states the window, the condition requirement, who pays return shipping and how the money comes back, with the customer's statutory rights expressly preserved (Refund & Return Policy Generator). A shipping policy that separates processing time from transit time, says who pays customs duties, and defines the point at which a parcel counts as lost (Shipping Policy Generator). If you sell subscriptions, terms that cover renewal, the cancellation window and what a free trial converts into — the renewal clause is the one people are most often surprised by (Terms of Service Generator).
If you publish content and earn from it
A disclaimer that names the professional advice you are not giving, which matters most on a site about money, health or law (Disclaimer Generator). An affiliate disclosure that appears before the first affiliate link rather than in the footer, with a short version for a video description, an email and a social bio (Affiliate Disclosure Generator). A copyright notice in the forms you actually need — one-liner, HTML footer, source-file header, full statement (Copyright Notice Generator). And if someone copies your work, a takedown notice with all seven elements a provider needs before it is obliged to act (DMCA Takedown Notice Generator). If you host a community, the Community Guidelines Generator writes the rules plus the enforcement ladder and appeal route that make them usable.
If you ship software, an app or an API
An end user licence agreement that grants a licence rather than selling the software, and states its restrictions and warranty position (EULA Generator). App terms that include the app-store clauses both Apple and Google expect, name each device permission with the reason it is requested, and point refunds at the store (Mobile App Terms Generator). An acceptable use policy for anything with shared infrastructure, including what happens when a limit is exceeded (Acceptable Use Policy Generator). And an accessibility statement that names your WCAG conformance status, the measures you have taken and the limitations you know about (Accessibility Statement Generator).
If you work with other people
A freelance contract that settles scope, included revisions, payment terms and who owns the work (Freelance Contract Generator). A non-disclosure agreement — mutual or one-way — with the standard exclusions and a term (NDA Generator). A vendor agreement for suppliers, covering deliverables, warranty, IP and a liability cap (Vendor Agreement Generator), and data processing clauses as an appendix whenever a vendor handles personal data on your behalf (DPA Clause Generator). For staff, the Employee Policy Clause Generator covers remote work, paid time off, conduct, expenses, devices and hours — including the acknowledgment paragraph that is what actually makes a handbook bind — and the Social Media Policy Generator sets the approval and escalation rules while staying clear of restrictions on what employees may say about their own working conditions.
Consent, one purpose at a time
Consent has to be specific, informed and freely given, which rules out a single "I agree" covering marketing, analytics, photographs and treatment. Use one form per purpose, never pre-tick an optional box, and always state how consent is withdrawn (Consent Form Generator). Photography consents should carry a period; research and medical consents need the risks and the ethics contact where they apply.
When someone asks about their data
Respond to an access, erasure, portability, rectification, restriction or objection request with the acknowledgment, the outcome, the explanation and the complaint route the regulation expects — attaching the Article 15 checklist for an access request and naming the exemption when you refuse one (GDPR Data Request Response Generator). If you have California customers, publish a notice at collection using the statutory category lists, state plainly whether you sell or share personal information, and describe the verification and opt-out routes you actually offer (CCPA Notice Generator).
The part that decides whether any of it holds up
Publish each document where a reader can find it before they act — linked before checkout, before sign-up, and above the first affiliate link. Date it, and update it when a provider changes rather than on an annual reminder. Check the blanks before you paste: every generator here writes an unfinished field into the document as a visible marker and lists it above the output, because a half-finished policy should never look finished. Then read the document once against what you actually do, and delete any clause that describes something you do not.
What these tools will not do
They will not tell you whether a clause is enforceable where you are, whether a regulator would accept your lawful basis for processing, or how a document interacts with contracts you already have. Employment, consumer and data protection rules differ enough between countries that the same clause can be standard in one and unenforceable in another. Treat every generated document as a draft that makes a lawyer's review quick and cheap: the structure, the clause list and the blanks are done, so the review is about your jurisdiction and your facts rather than about punctuation.