Digital regulations

On March 24, Utah’s Governor Spencer Cox signed the Utah Consumer Privacy Act (Utah Law) into law, making it the fourth state privacy law enacted in the United States. The Utah regulation joins the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), which was amended by the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 (CPRA), Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (Virginia Law), and the Colorado Privacy Act (Colorado Law).

How do you create policies that act as guard rails, giving employees a high degree of freedom within a framework established to minimize the possibility of making a mistake?

What will you start/stop/keep doing in 2020 to best utilize your time in sharing and learning digital practices? I’ve sorted through my reflections and plans.

While I certainly don’t think it’s necessary for you to learn about things like processors and RAM, I do think it’s important to understand how the internet affects our lives both personally and as a society. Here is a resource to steer you in the right direction.

Comprehensive digital policies and practices ensure that a business complies with regulations. Counterintuitively, they also help the bottom line, unlock opportunity and streamline operations.

This is the time for companies to institutionalize (create, codify, train, hold accountable) smart and sound digital policies and practices in order to reduce digital risk and capitalize on the opportunities.

No need to fear yet another data privacy regulation! Learn the differences between GDPR and CCPA to plan and keep yourself above the fray appropriately.

It would be nice if we could create laws before the situations they address present themselves, but the law rarely works that way. Here is how to provide digital policy guidance in an ever-changing landscape

It’s not business as usual! The rise in data protection laws is impacting your digital marketing and online operations.

Katie Quinn, the wife of Lewiston, CA's fire chief used social media to provide key information and a sense calm during the recent Carr Fire. Depending on your organizational culture, industry, and maturity, you should think twice before replicating such a governing model. Or if you do, you might want to reach out to Katie for some training!

What you need to know about the GDPR stance on automated decision-making

The 2018 World Technology Conference took place in Seattle recently and I was lucky enough to attend this mind meld event. Read on for observations and highlights.

Is your company US-based and assuming that GDPR doesn't have an impact since you don't have offices in the EU? Wrong!

Regardless of the ongoing tax legislative discussions outcome, one thing is certain – we will continue to pay taxes. All of the digital capabilities required to make our lives easier are available today. While it is too late to impact 2017 taxes, 2018 and beyond is open for improvements. Let’s start applying data and technology to create a better tax game.

Does your digital workplace offer integrity and productivity? Join me for this workshop and learn best practices for your enterprise.

Listen up marketers! If you have not heard of the GDPR or if you assumed that you’re in the clear because you’re in the U.S. rather than the EU, here is what you need to know.

What can your organization do to guide employees into correctly balancing their rights to free speech and personal use of social media, while also protecting the brand and reputation of your company?

All eyes have been on GDPR, but there is more to digital integrity and online risk coming our way. Pay attention to the proverbial forest as well as the trees.

I recently attended two conferences, the DX Summit and Gilbane, and share my key takeway on a shift in digital.

Use this list to determine which digital policies you choose to create and adopt depend on variables particular to your organization.

Writing 10-15 pages of guidance in legalese and saving a PDF version to your Intranet is not the way to go about writing good digital policy. Here is what it really takes, and it's easy!

A primer on how to get started with digital policy development.

How can your organizations set itself apart in a world of diminishing online privacy?

Many U.S.-based companies extend their service and product reach into Canada with the assumption that our northern neighbors have the same regulatory and legal requirements. Unfortunately, this is not the case.

If you don't currently have an accessibility policy, these are the steps you should take to create one.

Details on the new security framework is available for industrial Internet of Things (IoT).

While you may feel secure with you content publishing approach, there may be significant risks associated with the actual content and the channels you are using for your organizations

If you have not yet defined a data breach policy and a corresponding “first 48 hours” response plan — now is the time.