[dcaylor]

As long as we have a sue-happy society, companies will use privacy policies to limit liability. That means they will continue to be documents with more text than most of us are likely to read. Icons and diagrams won't work without the text behind them. However, I do agree that just because a document has legal significance does not mean it needs to be full of legalese. We tried to keep our privacy policy as short and light as possible and write it in plain language. http://nodeping.com/PrivacyPolicy

[brlewis]

Some people say the U.S. has a sue-happy society. Others say that we don't; that the whole sue-happy idea is an invention of large companies that want tort reform.

Yesterday I observed that companies still sell products in that hard-to-open plastic packaging that has injured a lot of people. That this packaging is still common indicates to me that we do not in fact live in a sue-happy society.

[Facens]

There's probably still need of a legalese document behind, but we are working on cutting that part too :P Even with the need of having a strictly law-compliant page, having a first page which is simple and readable at a glance is always a good idea. Consider that we are seriously working on bringing that model to the mass (read end of the article :) )

[iaskwhy]

I really like yours but is there any reason why you don't add more elements to the page (icons, images, different text sizes)?

[dcaylor]

Thanks! That's a very good question, and the honest answer is because we're geeks and design is much harder work for us than building functionality. I guess that's another argument in favor of something like iubenda.com is doing.

[Facens]

Also notice that we are working with a top-notch designer ^^ http://dribbble.com/jonnotie/projects/15616-iubenda