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How the Nist Privacy Framework Can Help You Comply With Privacy Laws

Since more than a dozen privacy laws can apply to a business website, many business owners have been looking for ways to standardize their Privacy Programs. Standardizing your Privacy Program can help you quickly identify the privacy laws that apply to you, evaluate their requirements, determine the steps you need to take, and, crucially, avoid duplicate work. In addition, a standardized Privacy Program can help you integrate new technologies and evaluate and mitigate risks. So how do you standardize a Privacy Program? Thankfully, you do not have to start from scratch and can instead work off of the National Institute

Donata Stroink-Skillrud July 3, 2023 No Comments

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Lessons Learned from Google’s $39.9 Million Location Tracking Settlement

In May 2023, Google agreed to pay a whopping $39.9 million to settle a lawsuit with the State of Washington over deceptive location tracking practices. The settlement also requires Google to increase transparency over its location tracking practices. The lawsuit and settlement stemmed from the allegation that Google deceived customers that they had control over whether their location would be tracked when, in reality, tracking would take place regardless of user choice. In this article, we will discuss how this lawsuit was unique and how businesses can apply the lessons learned to avoid similar lawsuits in the future. Disclaimer: The

Donata Stroink-Skillrud June 1, 2023 No Comments

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Stay Safe and Secure: Cybersecurity Measures for Small Businesses

As a small business, you may be under the impression that you are at low risk for data breaches, cybersecurity incidents, and privacy complaints. However, the truth is that small businesses often collect a fair amount of personal data such as names, emails, phone numbers, IP addresses, and even payment details from their customers. You should know that 46% of all cyber breaches impact businesses with fewer than 1,000 employees and that employees of small businesses experience 350% more social engineering attacks than those at larger enterprises. In addition, cybersecurity incidents can be costly, ranging from $826 to $653,587 on

Donata Stroink-Skillrud May 1, 2023 No Comments

Introducing Termageddon Extension for MainWP

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📣 Introducing “Revamped” Termageddon Extension for MainWP

As we all know, privacy policies are essential for any website, but it can be tough to keep track of policy changes when managing multiple websites. To help with this, we partnered with Termageddon in 2020 to assist you in staying up to date with the latest policies. What is Termageddon? With Termageddon, creating a privacy policy is quick and easy. It automatically generates policies customized to your or your clients’ website’s specific needs, ensuring compliance with global privacy laws such as GDPR, CPRA, and more. Why Termageddon for MainWP? Today, I am thrilled to announce a “revamped” Termageddon Extension

Dennis Dornon April 3, 2023 No Comments

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Meet Termageddon – Generate & Auto Update Policies with Required Disclosures

Do your websites collect personal information? Today’s modern websites are built to provide a great user experience and motivate prospective customers to reach out and inquire about what you offer. This is done using contact forms, website analytics, and more. Contact forms typically require users to provide personal information such as their name, email address, and phone number. And when a website uses analytics or security tools, it may also capture a visitor’s IP address, which can be considered personally identifiable information (PII). This information may then be shared with third-party analytics and security providers. These are just a few

Dennis Dornon March 29, 2023 No Comments

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Bans Proposed on TikTok Due to Privacy Concerns

With over 1 billion active users in 154 countries, TikTok has taken the Internet by storm, catching users’ attention with short videos of anything from dances to popular cleaning hacks. However, the popular social media platform has come under increased scrutiny and regulations for its privacy and security practices, with allegations ranging from exploiting children to sharing data with the Chinese government. While the platform has been banned from government-issued devices in certain countries, there are also calls to ban it from the app store altogether, regardless of whether the user is a government employee or a regular civilian. In

Donata Stroink-Skillrud March 23, 2023 No Comments

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An Overview of Australia’s Updated Privacy Act and Its Impact on Data Protection

With the constantly evolving nature of technology and its impacts on privacy, it should come as no surprise that privacy laws have to evolve as well constantly. For example, this year, six new privacy laws are going into effect – the California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (VCDPA), Colorado Privacy Act, Utah Consumer Privacy Act (UCPA), Connecticut SB6, and Quebec Bill 64. With over a dozen proposed privacy bills in the United States and potential updates to privacy laws in the United Kingdom, Australia is the latest country to propose updates to its privacy law, Australia

Donata Stroink-Skillrud March 2, 2023 No Comments

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Your Cookie Consent Banner is (Probably) Not Compliant

Cookie consent banners are a feature of websites that inform website visitors of the cookies or trackers that may be placed on that user’s device and ask users to consent to such cookies. There are hundreds of cookie consent banner designs, ranging from asking a user to accept or deny cookies to stating, “by using this website, we assume that you are ok with cookies.” When it comes to these banners, you must follow a particular set of rules to be compliant, so in this case, the banner design is extremely important. In this article, we will discuss the basics

Donata Stroink-Skillrud February 2, 2023 No Comments

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2023: The Year of the Privacy Laws

As we ring in 2023, we may think about goals such as making more sales, organizing the garage, and spending more time with family. One slightly less exciting but essential goal in 2023 will be compliance with the six new privacy laws going into effect this year. Regarding privacy compliance requirements, it is important to know that privacy laws protect consumers and thus are not based on where your business is located. In addition, privacy laws can impose very high penalties for violations as penalties are calculated per violation (meaning per website visitor whose privacy rights were infringed upon). In

Donata Stroink-Skillrud January 3, 2023 No Comments

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Privacy and Email Marketing to Residents of the United Kingdom

These days, it is rare to find a company that does not send email newsletters or performs email marketing. However, suppose your email list includes individuals that reside in the United Kingdom. In that case, there are specific rules that you will need to follow to ensure that your email marketing does not violate any privacy laws, such as the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003 (PERC) and the United Kingdom Data Protection Act 2018 (UK DPA). Otherwise, you could face steep fines or even be required to delete residents of the United Kingdom from your list. In this article,

Donata Stroink-Skillrud December 1, 2022 No Comments

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How the Nist Privacy Framework Can Help You Comply With Privacy Laws

Lessons Learned from Google’s $39.9 Million Location Tracking Settlement

Stay Safe and Secure: Cybersecurity Measures for Small Businesses

📣 Introducing “Revamped” Termageddon Extension for MainWP

Meet Termageddon – Generate & Auto Update Policies with Required Disclosures

Bans Proposed on TikTok Due to Privacy Concerns

An Overview of Australia’s Updated Privacy Act and Its Impact on Data Protection

2023: The Year of the Privacy Laws

Privacy and Email Marketing to Residents of the United Kingdom

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