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How the GDPR Affects Business Privacy Policies and Practices
Are your business privacy practices and Privacy Policy compliant with the European Union's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)? This wide-sweeping set of privacy regulations went into effect in May 2018 and its ramifications have been virtually global. GDPR Basics Here are a few of the basic facts: The GDPR is a set of regulations...
Privacy Policy for Social Login (Sign In With)
Simply put, social login is a single sign-on (SSO) technology that allows you to identify and register users on your website or app using information collected from their social media accounts. To avoid legal liability, businesses that implement social login ("sign in with" buttons or "login with" buttons) will need to...
Privacy Policies 101: The What, the Why, and the How
Legal papers are not everyone's favorite topic of discussion, especially amid the excitement of starting a new online business. Privacy Policies are, however, absolutely necessary for most any website or mobile application. This article covers the basic facts about Privacy Policies - what they are, why you need them, and what...
Anti-Spam Policies
Anti-Spam Policies are commonly seen with email marketing automation companies that help other companies send bulk marketing emails, such as MailChimp, Mailigen and GetResponse. However, any company that engages in email marketing can benefit from having one. There are a number of anti-spam laws in effect around the world. While none...
Product Review Disclaimer
If your website includes reviews you've done, you need to fulfill a few legal requirements. It doesn't matter whether these reviews are for your own products and services, or are reviews of other vendors' items. Either way, you must have a clearly written and noticeable review disclaimer. Your disclaimer is a...
Privacy Policies and Language Choices
If your website or app targets users from different regions or cultures, your Privacy Policy needs to reflect that diversity by offering multiple translations to accommodate language preferences. Privacy laws don't explicitly require multilingual Privacy Policies, but they do emphasize transparency. And transparency only works when users can understand your policy...