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....
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....
Businesses asking to “follow us on…” blurs the lines of social media and business assets
Many of us know that we should keep our private lives relatively separate from our work lives. However, this isn’t just a recommendation. It may very well serve as a precauti Read more....
Participation vs. Endorsement: What Does Your Hashtag Contest Mean to the FTC?
Recently the FTC issued a warning letter to Cole Haan for a hashtag contest they were promoting on Pinterest, Contestants had to create a Pinterest board and post five pictur Read more....
#BestContestEver #TopTenBestPractices
Are you thinking about running a social media contest to engage your users and help your business stand out? We’re sharing our top ten things to think about to run a succ Read more....
Responsible User Generated Content Management
The balance between managing your company’s interest and maintaining the integrity of your user’s intellectual property CAN and SHOULD be a SYMBIOTIC relationship. Read more....
Building User Trust through Transparent Terms of Use
Terms of Use that users consent to by just using the site— Seems rather one sided doesn’t it? Maybe that is why there is so much distrust of sites like instagram an Read more....