The California Privacy Rights Act (CPRA), passed in 2020, took effect on January 1, 2023, and enforcement began on July 1, 2023. If your website collects data from California residents, compliance is required. That includes a clear privacy policy, user control over data selling and sharing, visible opt-out tools, and honoring opt-out requests. Most people …
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Web forms are one of the most important ways to generate leads, send order confirmations, or gather customer feedback. However, if you aren’t receiving this crucial information, things can quickly get out of hand. If your form submissions have gone dry, email authentication could be the culprit! The Problem ESPs (email service providers) are tightening …
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Keeping your WordPress website current with the latest core and plugin version updates is a critical step to ensure long-term performance. Ignoring the updates can lead to malfunctions, plugin compatibility issues, or even a total site breakdown. Fixing these problems can be troublesome and time consuming, so it’s better to take preventive action. Like any …
As we near the end of the year, keep in mind that the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) goes into effect on January 1, 2020. When California signed the CCPA into law in June 2018, it became the first state in the U.S. to work towards protecting the privacy of American consumers. Even if your …
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Just like any other technology, the languages that websites are written in and the platforms that they are built on are constantly evolving. This means that there will come a time when your website needs to be updated due to changes to the language or the platform in order to avoid any potential website security …
As we near the first anniversary of the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), we would like to take the time to discuss the GDPR and why it is important for U.S. based businesses to be GDPR compliant, as well as the newly passed California Consumer Privacy Act. While the GDPR originated in the …
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Advocates of Ozaukee is a non-profit organization that has dedicated itself to ending domestic and sexual violence and helping victims for over thirty years. To update their web presence, Advocates reached out to Starkmedia to begin development on a new website. When we first met with Executive Director Barb Fischer to discuss the project, we …
As a business in this day and age, it’s your responsibility to not only keep the contents of your website secure, but also to maintain the privacy of your online visitors. While this may sound like a difficult and pricey task, switching from HTTP to HTTPS is an easy and affordable way to achieve this …
