Privacy
Data Privacy In 2020: If You Collect It, Protect It
With 2020 off to a bumpy start with the California Consumer Privacy Act, small businesses are feeling the pressure to comply with increasingly complicated and burdensome data privacy regulations. Limited financial resources and unintentional violations could cost small businesses millions. So, on days like Data Privacy Day, it’s more important than ever to stay brushed…
3C’s Tampa Roundtable: Identifying #SmallBiz Digital Barriers & Benefits
Some 85% of small businesses cite digital tools as critical to their success – and attendees at 3C’s roundtable event in Tampa, FL echoed that sentiment. Joined by staff from Sen. Marco Rubio and Sen. Rick Scott’s offices, small business owners and leaders from the Tampa Bay area shared stories about the role of digital…
Member Highlight: Madeworthy Media
Victoria Wise’s small business success story started on Facebook – and led to her being named one of the 400 most influential people in Fort Worth, Texas. Wise’s publishing company, Madeworthy Media, began as a Facebook group called Tanglewood Moms for Fort Worth. Over the course of four years, the group blossomed into a blog and…
Member Highlight: BirdieBox
As Congress and policymakers tackle issues within the technology sector, it is crucial they consider the small businesses that directly benefit from digital tools, services, and platforms that larger companies provide – of which BirdieBox is one. A luxury gifting business with a penchant for curating, customizing and packaging prestigious gifts, BirdieBox uses digital tools to…
Supporting Main Street Through Access to Digital Tools
Starting and running a small business is easier and less expensive than ever before. Digital tools and services have made once expensive business operations like building a website, advertising, and processing payments affordable and routine. Because these digital tools are easy to use, a baker or a mechanic on Main Street can expand their customer…
4 Digital Trends To Help Your #SmallBiz Thrive In 2020
A new decade means new opportunities, new challenges and, for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), a seemingly endless array of digital tools, platforms, and services to help bolster and grow their businesses. We scoured the web for lists, guides, and predictions to help you decide which digital tools will best set up your small business…
Beware the ‘Private Right of Action’
The unintended consequences of noble-sounding policy ideas have a way of getting lost in the legalese. So it is with current demands for a “private right of action” in privacy regulations, and small businesses will feel the brunt of the regulatory blow. The idea of a private right of action may sound good on its…
A Not-So-Happy New Year on the Privacy Front
The New Year will not be starting on a happy note for small businesses that suddenly find themselves subject to a California privacy law. They will have to invest much-needed revenue into satisfying burdensome rules or face the threat of costly penalties. “Any organization that collects any amount of personal data from California residents –…
It’s a Wonderful Digital Life
George Bailey never knew how much he mattered until he didn’t exist. He is the perfect metaphor for imagining a Christmas without digital tools for small businesses – a future that may come to pass if Congress meddles in the technology space. Bailey is the beloved banker of Bedford Falls in the holiday classic “It’s…
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