09th February 2012
The Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) recent settlement against an online college savings program that used toolbars to collect personal information focused on what its members were actually giving away unwittingly - their personal information and data sec...
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06th February 2012
Website legal compliance is now under serious consideration by lawmakers in Washington. The U.S. Congress is now considering two proposed bills, which if enacted into law, would provide ground-breaking weapons for law enforcement and content owners to enf...
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01st February 2012
Your personal New Year's resolutions are important. You bet.
However, if you're a SaaS or Internet marketer, your best-laid plans for 2012 may hit the skids if you fail to avoid new website legal compliance gotcha's that emerged in 2011.
So, It's h...
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04th January 2012
Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act (CDA) shields operators of "interactive computer services" from liability for defamatory posts by visitors. The big question is how far does this protection go; what are its limits?
A recent ruling by a di...
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23rd November 2011
Proposed legislation in the U.S. Congress, if passed, will essentially make online merchants tax collectors, forcing them to collect sales taxes for all purchasers. This is the latest attempt by cash-strapped states to collect sales tax revenues from onli...
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17th November 2011
Surfers know that the waves come in periodic sets which are separated by relative lulls. Beginning in 2009, there's been a tsunami of new and complex legal regulations for websites that also seems to be coming in sets.
We're now in a temporary lull, bu...
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09th May 2011
On April 12, 2011, Senators John Kerry (D-Mass) and John McCain (R-Ariz) announced proposed legislation that could become the first federal privacy and data security law. If passed into law, The Commercial Privacy Bill of Rights will have a huge impact on...
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05th May 2011
On March 14, 2011, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) announced its first behavioral advertising settlement. If your website collects behavioral data or serves behavioral ads - either directly or indirectly through the use of behavioral ad vendors - you n...
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28th April 2011
Amazon.com and big box retailers such as Wal-Mart and Target are locked in an all-out war over the collection of sales taxes. And cash-strapped states are also backing changes in sales tax laws in more than a dozen states.
While small ecommerce websit...
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01st April 2011
You're an online retailer, and you've got a network of affiliates that are committed to selling your products. You expect that your affiliates will engage in online advertising to generate sales. Some of your affiliates will purchase keywords for sponsore...
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23rd March 2011
If you operate a SaaS website that provides streaming content, or if you're a consumer who is concerned about price levels and availability of streamed content, then you should be tuned in to the debate over net neutrality. The outcome may substantially a...
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22nd March 2011
If you're a SaaS webmaster, it's not a question of if, but when, a law enforcement official wants a copy of one of your user's email archived on your SaaS website. You're caught between the proverbial rock and a hard place. Critical questions arise: What ...
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17th February 2011
On December 29, 2010, President Obama signed the Restore Online Shopper's Confidence Act (ROSCA) that regulates credit and debit card data pass transactions, online post-transaction third party sales, and negative option billing plans. If your site market...
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04th February 2011
Typical New Year's resolutions include improving physical fitness… or taming the bulge. These are all worthwhile. However, if you operate a SaaS or ecommerce website, you'd better move a review of your privacy policy to the top of your list.
Recent le...
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14th January 2011
The Federal Trade Commission's (FTC) publication earlier this month of a proposed framework for protecting online privacy portends a major impact on online advertising. If your website's business model depends on advertising revenue, either directly from ...
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