Description
What is data privacy and why does your business need to be concerned?
Several privacy laws are now in place to protect the personal information of residents of certain states with fines that can reach $2,500-$7,500 per website visitor. Examples of personal information include asking for a name and email on a contact form or using a website analytics tool (like Google Analytics).
More and more states are proposing their own privacy laws as well. In the US, there are 23 state privacy bills (and more are expected). Some of these bills would enable citizens to sue businesses for having a contact form without an updated Privacy Policy. Several of these state bills make note that businesses of any size and any location will have to comply or may face fines or lawsuits, which is why you need to be aware of what’s going on.
What can you do to get protected?
To be proactive about this issue, Cap Web Solutions has partnered up with a Privacy Policy generator called Termageddon. They will automatically update your website policies when the laws change (as well as notify you when changes are coming), and they do it at a fraction of the cost of a privacy attorney. If Termageddon sounds like a good solution, the license costs $99/year (or $10/monthly). Cap Web Solutions charges a one-time setup fee of $99 to help create the policy pages, insert/test the code on your website and ensure your policies stay up to date with changes to the law.
