The General Data Protection Regulation, or GDPR, is a law that was passed by the European Union that took effect in May of 2018. The law lays out requirements for those businesses that obtain and deal with personal information of citizens of the European Union. This may not seem relevant to companies that operate in
According to the United States Small Business Administration, or SBA, 3.9 million small businesses operated in California in 2018. These businesses employed approximately 7 million people, which constituted 49 percent of the private workforce in the state. As a result, when a law such as the California Consumer Privacy Act, or the CCPA, is enacted,
Data has become one of the most valuable commodities in the world in recent years. Companies conduct billions of dollars in commerce every year that deal specifically with data. Data relating to people is personal, and every individual has an interest in the privacy of his or her information. Unfortunately, there weren’t always laws to
Millions of people across the United States own or help run small businesses. It’s been said so often that it sometimes sounds like a cliché, but small business truly is the engine that runs the American economy. Small business owners tend to be idea people, risk takers, and those not afraid to forge ahead even
You’ve just made an enormous, potentially life-changing decision: You’re going to start that business you’ve been thinking of starting for years. You’re so excited you can barely keep a thought in your head; you can’t sleep at night as your mind churns out idea after idea, plan after plan, and all you want to do
If you’re a small business owner, you have a lot on your proverbial plate on any given day. You’ve put your heart, soul and perhaps your family’s financial stability and future into your vision. You’re “all-in,” as they say, and you spend every day pushing yourself to the limit to make sure that you’re doing
