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Privacy & Compliance Audit

Business: [Business name]

Website: [Website address]

Pages reviewed: [Privacy, terms, cookies, refunds, checkout, forms]

Audit date: [Date]

Privacy Transparency Score: [Score]/100

Important note: This is an informational public-surface assessment only. It is not legal advice.

Executive Summary

[Whether public privacy and compliance information gives customers enough transparency before sharing data or buying.]

Score Breakdown

Privacy Policy visibility and completeness	15	[ ]	[Evidence]	[Business impact]	[Recommendation]
Cookie notice and tracking transparency	10	[ ]	[Evidence]	[Business impact]	[Recommendation]
Terms, refund, cancellation, and shipping policies	15	[ ]	[Evidence]	[Business impact]	[Recommendation]
Contact and business identity disclosure	10	[ ]	[Evidence]	[Business impact]	[Recommendation]
Data collection transparency	15	[ ]	[Evidence]	[Business impact]	[Recommendation]
Consent mechanisms	10	[ ]	[Evidence]	[Business impact]	[Recommendation]
Security and compliance disclosures	10	[ ]	[Evidence]	[Business impact]	[Recommendation]
User rights information	10	[ ]	[Evidence]	[Business impact]	[Recommendation]
Legal-page accessibility and transparency	5	[ ]	[Evidence]	[Business impact]	[Recommendation]

Evidence Standard

Every finding must include Weight, Score, Evidence, Business Impact, Recommendation, Priority, Estimated Effort, Expected Benefit, and Evidence Confidence.

Critical Issues

[Missing public policies or transparency gaps most likely to reduce trust.]

High Priority

[Cookie, consent, data collection, refund, contact, or user-rights gaps.]

Quick Wins

[Low-effort improvements to policy visibility and customer transparency.]

30-Day Action Plan

[Week-by-week public transparency improvement plan.]

Final Recommendation

[Whether the site presents adequate public privacy and compliance transparency, subject to legal review.]