It was only one year ago that the California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA) went into effect. The CCPA is a landmark privacy law providing California residents various pro Read more....
CCPA Compliance: Businesses and Service Providers
The California Consumer Privacy Act of 2018 (CCPA) went into effect on January 1, 2020, and many companies (and lawyers) are scrambling to make sense of how the law will apply Read more....
IoT Privacy and Data Security – Impact of New CA Laws
IoT (or Internet of Things) has seen a boom in the past several years. Connected devices such as Alexa or Siri are well known, but many more products feature connected function Read more....
What Makes a Good Privacy Notice?
A “Privacy Policy” commonly refers to what is technically a business’ “Privacy Statement” or “Privacy Notice”. The policy is made up of the internal and external Read more....
Web Scraping: Pitfalls and Proactive Best Practices
If your business relies on insights from reviews, comments or other aggregated data, chances are that you are tempted to engage in a little (or a lot of) web scraping. Web scra Read more....
Make it a Policy to Protect Your Business From Privacy Threats
2016 will be remembered as the year that privacy became the buzzword small businesses took notice of. We saw the establishment of the first ever Federal Privacy Council this ye Read more....
who’s You’ve Got your Mail
Email. Simple, ordinary, convenient. As of late, the word controversial can also be used to describe this staple of office and personal communication. Given the ubiquitous natu Read more....
Minors Making Payments: The Cost of Violating COPPA & Easy Fixes to Make Now
A Time Old Tale: A Founder’s (Frenetic) Internal Thoughts 2 weeks to launch date. So many things to do. But first, another cup of coffee. Oh, but before that, let me ping th Read more....
Coping with COPPA: Protecting Children’s Online Privacy
What is COPPA? In today’s cyber world, security and privacy concerns are paramount. This rings especially true for parents seeking to safeguard their child’s online identit Read more....