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Beware the image copyright web crawlers…
Do you own the copyright in all of the images in your website? If not, are you properly licensed to use them? Are you sure? What about those ones that your website designer in India used? Or those ones that your Virtual...
GDPR – Do I Need to Get Fresh Consent for my Email Marketing?
RECONSENTHere is what you need to know about re-consent and email marketing if you are thinking about obtaining fresh consent from your list.1. Decide the lawful ground for all of your processing of personal data including for sending marketing emails.2. The ICO...
What is Granularity of Consent?
Granularity of consent is a question that repeatedly comes up in my free GDPR Facebook group, so I imagine you too have been confused over how many tick boxes you need for your subscribers, which types of marketing services should be split up with the tick boxes, and...
5 Simple Steps to Check Your Service Provider is GDPR Compliant.
You’d be forgiven for thinking that GDPR is challenging for you as a small business owner. Not only do you have to ensure that you’re GDPR compliant as a business yourself, you also have to ensure that all your third party service providers who process personal data...
Do I Need to Get Reconsent From an Existing List?
Small business owners are panicking.“Do I need to get re-consent from an existing email list? What if I do and everyone unsubscribes, or doesn’t re-opt-in and I’m left with no one – I’ll lose my entire marketing list that took me so long to build up!”Now, I’m talking...
Do You Need Double Opt-In for GDPR?
One repeated question that keeps coming up within the small business communities is whether you need to switch all your opt-in forms to double opt-in for GDPR. Do I need double opt-in? Do I have to use double opt-in for everyone? Is single opt-in enough to prove...
Don’t Be Afraid of the GDPR Wolf – What is GDPR?
Unless you’ve been hiding in a cave, you should know that the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) comes into force on the 25th May 2018. Everywhere I turn, small business owners are asking, “What is GDPR and does it affect me”?With headlines of the €20m fines,...
Employed or self employed? A key question before you take someone on
When you get to the stage in your business where you need to take people on to help you grow the business, you may decide to either employ somebody or to take on associates. Many people decide to take on associates at first to avoid paying Employer’s NIC’s and being...
Why you shouldn’t be doing business without written terms and conditions
Your standard terms and conditions (i.e. the legal basis on which you are willing to do business with your customers) should be the first legal document that you put in place when you are starting a business. You should consult a specialist commercial contracts lawyer...
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