---
key: publish-a-legal-page
title: Add and publish a legal page
audience: staff
section: settings
routes: ["/settings/org/legal-pages", "/settings/org/legal-pages/new", "/settings/org/legal-pages/:documentUid"]
permissions: ["org.settings.legal.read"]
features: ["settings.org.legal-pages"]
since: 0.0.1
updated: 0.0.1
status: published
summary: Write your privacy policy, terms of service, booking policy or any custom page, choose where its link appears, and publish a version customers can read.
keywords: [privacy policy, terms and conditions, terms of service, booking policy, refund policy, cookie notice, legal terms, policy page, publish policy, accept terms]
related: [show-policies-in-the-customer-portal, set-up-a-public-booking-page, put-an-intake-form-online, set-how-customers-sign-agreements]
---

In the sidebar, open **Settings**, then choose **Legal & Policies** under **Website & Forms**. The page address is `/settings/org/legal-pages`. The page title reads **Legal & Public Policies**.

Every legal page keeps a draft you edit and a published version customers read. Publishing freezes the draft as the next version; older versions stay on file as evidence of what people agreed to.

## Before you start

- Your role needs permission to read legal pages to open the list, permission to write them to add or edit, and a separate permission to publish. Without publish permission **Publish** stays off.
- Nova sets up default pages such as **Privacy Policy** and **Terms of Service** when your organization is created. Look at those before adding a new one; you may only need to edit them.

## Steps

1. Press **Add page** at the top of the list. The **Add legal page** drawer opens.
2. Type a **Title**. Leave **Slug** (the end of the public web address) blank and Nova makes one from the title.
3. Pick a **Type**, such as **Booking Policy** or **Custom Page**, and add a short **Summary**.
4. Under **Placements**, press the places the link should appear. **Public footer** is already on; the others are **Booking footer**, **Booking acceptance**, **Intake footer** and **Portal footer**.
5. Turn on **Require acceptance on submit** if customers must tick a box agreeing to this page before they book online. The box only appears on the booking page, and only when the page also has the **Booking acceptance** placement.
6. Press **Create draft**. The page opens in the full editor.
7. Write the page in the editor. You can also change **Visibility**, the **Acceptance label** customers see next to the tick box, a **Review due** date and the **Sort order** among your other pages.
8. Press **Save draft**. Placements and visibility take effect at once; the title and wording change for customers only when you publish.
9. Press **Publish**. In the **Publish legal version** dialog, write a **Change summary**, set **Effective at** and **Next review due** if you want, and press **Publish version**.

## What you see

- The list shows each page with its **Type**, **Status** (**Draft**, **Published** or **Archived**), **Placements**, whether acceptance is required, the published version number and a **Review** state such as **Due soon** or **Overdue**.
- **Copy link** and **Open** in the editor header give you the public web address once the page is published.
- **Version history** lists every version; one button copies an older version back into the draft. **Consent evidence** lists each time a customer ticked the box: when, and which version.
- A default page shows **Review recommended** because Nova published it automatically during setup. Read it, make it yours, and publish again. The publish dialog asks you to confirm **Default policy reviewed**.
- **Archive** hides a page from customers. Default pages cannot be archived.

## If something looks different

- **Publish** is off and says to save the draft first: you have unsaved edits. Press **Save draft**, then publish.
- **Publish** is off because **Visibility** is **Disabled**: switch it to **Public link after publish**.
- The publish dialog says the draft matches the current version: nothing changed since the last publish. Turn on **Allow unchanged publish** only if you really want a new version.
- The top of the list warns **Your customer portal has no policy links**: see [[show-policies-in-the-customer-portal]].
- A page placed on **Intake footer** does not show on your online forms: intake forms do not show policy links today.

[[route:/settings/org/legal-pages|Open Legal & Policies]]