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Privacy
Donata Stroink-Skillrud

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

MainWP Roundup
WordPress Business
Todd Jones

May MainWP Roundup: WP Speakers help organizers find experts

In today’s MainWP Roundup, we look at WP Speakers recently launched by Michelle Frechette. We also look at an option that Twitter may roll out to let us read individual articles behind paywalls with an easy on-click payment. Are you ready? Let’s ride. WP Speakers help you find a speaker for your WordPress meetings. WP Speakers In the lounge at the Atarim Web Agency Summit, I bumped into Michelle Frechette. She had just released her new project, WP Speakers. She told the story of how, as an organizer of a WordPress meetup, she struggled to get speakers outside of the

MainWP Reports Extension Updates
Important Updates
Dennis Dornon

📢 Impress Your Clients with Enhanced Features to MainWP Pro Reports Extension!

As someone who manages WordPress sites, you know how important it is to maintain a strong relationship with your clients. To be successful, you need to provide exceptional service and build trust. With our fully customizable and robust client reporting system, you’ll be able to deliver insights that your clients will love and establish yourself as a reliable and trustworthy partner. Keeping this in perspective, I am thrilled to announce exciting updates for the MainWP Pro Reports Extension! Our team has been working hard on adding new features and improving existing ones to make report generation and customization easier than

Cybersecurity - Best Practices
Privacy
Donata Stroink-Skillrud

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

MainWP Roundup
WordPress Business
Todd Jones

MainWP Roundup: Atarim Web Agency Summit, Notable WordPress News, and Plugin plug-ins

In today’s MainWP Roundup, we take a look at WordPress Veteran Spotlights at WP Connects, Plugin news, Notable WordPress News and the Atarim Web Agency Summit. WP Connects rolls out featured WordPress Veteran Spotlights We introduced you to WP Connects and Talisha? last year, an organization who helps military veterans connect with the WordPress workforce. With the help of Sophia DeRosia, WP Connects rolled out Veteran WP spotlights. The first veteran, Scott Dluzio, was introduced on January 30, 2023. Since then WP Connects have featured three more veterans in the WordPress space. The most recent spotlight was published on March

Introducing Termageddon Extension for MainWP
Privacy
Dennis Dornon

📣 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

Meet Termageddon
Privacy
Dennis Dornon

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

Featured MainWP User Renee Shupe
WordPress Business
Todd Jones

MainWP Featured User: Renee Shupe brings Geek in a Pocket to her clients

What do you do when you are commuting to a dead-end job an hour and half each way and you are tired and burned out? That was the question that Renee faced in 2008. It was exhausting. As she says on her About page, “In 2008, I was travelling 90 minutes each way to work to a job I wasn’t all that excited about and I was running on automatic. I was tired. Tired of the mundane. Tired of the same thing each AND every day.” She sat out to make a change and initially launched a virtual assistant business.

Why WordPress Maintenance Services Are a Game-Changer for Your Business
Quick Starts
Sujay Pawar

The Benefits of Offering WordPress Maintenance Services to Clients

Do you run a digital agency? Provide design or development to clients? Are you wondering whether to add WordPress maintenance to the mix or not? It may seem like a logical option. You have WordPress skills; you already offer some services, so why not add maintenance too? There are a few considerations to take into account before you jump in, and this article should help. We’ll discuss WordPress maintenance and the value it offers you and your clients. By the end of this guide, you should have a clearer idea of what to do! What type of maintenance does WordPress

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