2-2-2021
Yes you need to have a Privacy Policy listed on your site. This will protect you but also it helps web searches know you are a real person. SEO is a weird thing and ever changing.
This is a standard Privacy Policy that I found available for use many years ago and that I still use on my sites. I believe Blogger lists their own to your site but it never hurts to have your own added as well.
Example
Privacy Policy for YOUR SITE ADDRESS HERE
The privacy of our visitors to YOUR SITE ADDRESS HERE is important to us.
At YOUR SITE ADDRESS HERE,
we recognize that privacy of your personal information is important.
Here is information on what types of personal information we receive and
collect when you use and visit YOUR SITE ADDRESS HERE, and how we safeguard your information. We never sell your personal information to third parties.
Log Files
As with most other websites, we collect and use the data contained in
log files. The information in the log files include your IP (internet
protocol) address, your ISP (internet service provider, such as AOL or
Shaw Cable), the browser you used to visit our site (such as Internet
Explorer or Firefox), the time you visited our site and which pages you
visited throughout our site.
Cookies and Web Beacons
We do use cookies to store information, such as your personal
preferences when you visit our site. This could include only showing you
a popup once in your visit, or the ability to login to some of our
features, such as forums.
We also use third party advertisements on YOUR SITE ADDRESS HERE to support our site. Some of these advertisers may use technology such
as cookies and web beacons when they advertise on our site, which will
also send these advertisers (such as Google through the Google AdSense
program) information including your IP address, your ISP , the browser
you used to visit our site, and in some cases, whether you have Flash
installed. This is generally used for geotargeting purposes (showing New
York real estate ads to someone in New York, for example) or showing
certain ads based on specific sites visited (such as showing cooking ads
to someone who frequents cooking sites).
You can chose to disable or selectively turn off our cookies or
third-party cookies in your browser settings, or by managing preferences
in programs such as Norton Internet Security. However, this can affect
how you are able to interact with our site as well as other websites.
This could include the inability to login to services or programs, such
as logging into forums or accounts.
AdSense Privacy Policy Provided by JenSense
