Privacy

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…

Congress: Don’t Limit Small Businesses’ Digital Success
The American economy is powered by small businesses. Thanks to digital services and platforms, these businesses are able to connect with customers faster and easier than ever before. The last thing Congress should do is make it more challenging to operate a small business – but pending regulations could directly impact the digital tools that help…

U.S. Small Businesses are Worried About New Privacy Regulations Hurting Bottom Line
Research Shows Majority of Businesses Are Concerned with Data Security Issues WASHINGTON, DC – March 11, 2019 – Connected Commerce Council (3C) released a new research report today, Small Businesses Data Regulation and Responsibility, exploring small and medium-sized business owners’ (SMBs) attitudes toward data regulations. The report highlights both the willingness of SMBs to comply…

Connected Commerce Council (3C) Commends House Small Business Committee for Support of Digitally-powered small businesses
3C: Small businesses can no longer be shut out of FTC hearings on technology regulations Washington, DC – October 15, 2018 – The House Small Business Committee shared their concerns with the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) today that small businesses have not been fairly represented in the Commission’s hearings on the role of technology in…

3C and Small Business Stakeholders Urge Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to Engage More Directly with Small Businesses
The Connected Commerce Council (3C) and a group of small business advocates and stakeholders sent a joint letter to FTC Chairman Joe Simons today urging the FTC to include small business representatives in its series of public hearings for the Competition and Consumer Protection in the 21st Century initiative. 3C and its co-signers ask that…
