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Consider the Harms of Digital-Tech Regulations
Digital technology and digital business tools are helping entrepreneurs succeed in ways that were unthinkable when I joined the corporate world 20 years ago. Today millions of small-business owners – including me – rely on digital platforms to build storefronts, market products and services, transact business, and secure financial data. But many are growing nervous,…
Christopher Minott: Protect small businesses from overly aggressive tech policy
Editor’s note: This commentary is by Christopher Minott, who is the director of marketing at SBBNet, a small business with an office in Burlington. SBBNet is a member of the Connected Commerce Council (3C), a nonprofit membership organization that promotes small businesses’ access to essential digital technologies and tools. Small businesses employ 60 percent of Vermont’s workforce,…
Small Businesses Need Digital Support, Not More Bureaucracy
It is well-known that Massachusetts is home to some of the most innovative technology firms in the country. Our state’s pro-innovation, pro-entrepreneur environment has been carefully crafted and protected through public policy, enviable access to private investment, and arguably the strongest tech talent pipeline in the country. Though proposals for stricter oversight of technology firms…
Advocates push to beef up privacy regulator
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is under pressure after recent privacy scandals as critics question if the agency has the regulatory teeth to oversee the tech industry’s customer data policies. The new scrutiny also comes with Congress mulling federal privacy legislation. Many privacy and consumer watchdogs say beefing up the agency’s powers and resources to…
Small Businesses Should Have a Bigger Voice on Access to Digital Tools
American small businesses are the backbone of our economy and of our communities. They are also a source of valuable insights and unique experiences, to which we too often pay lip service rather than attention. In Washington, where politicians of every stripe talk about small businesses every chance they get, not enough of them talk…
Chamber of Commerce calls for Congress to block state privacy laws
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce is calling on Congress to come up with a federal privacy standard in order to preempt states from passing their own laws governing data collection. The business group released a set of privacy principles on Thursday to guide lawmakers in an effort to avoid a patchwork of state laws. “Advances…
Colorado Business Roundtable: Skills Connect, Boulder
Jake Ward, President of Connected Commerce Council, and Victoria Wise, board member of Connected Commerce Council, and founder of Madeworthy Media, sit down with Colorado Business Roundtable to discuss the upcoming inaugural event, SkillsConnect Boulder. The event takes place Thursday, August 16. Listen LIVE at 4:00 on Denver’s Money Talk 1690, or watch the livestream…
Preserving and Promoting Access to Digital Tools
Starting your own business is a leap of faith no matter who you are, but in the digital age, building a business on your own terms is simpler and faster than ever before. Today’s digital platforms offer inexpensive ways to build a business’ operation and reach consumers. Small business owners can build complete online stores…
The Trump administration is talking to Facebook and Google about potential rules for online privacy
The Trump administration is crafting a proposal to protect Web users’ privacy, aiming to blunt global criticism that the absence of strict federal rules in the United States has enabled data mishaps at Facebook and others in Silicon Valley. Over the past month, the Commerce Department has been huddling with representatives of tech giants such…
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