Stay Safe Online: Data Privacy Day Highlights How to Manage Your Privacy

Data Privacy Day 2019: A New Era in Privacy live free livestream event on January 28, 2019.

When I bought my new smartphone earlier this month, I was excited.

My old phone had crashed and wouldn’t turn on. I needed to get a phone quickly!

I did my due diligence researching online for the features I wanted, bought my phone, and had my local retail phone store add it to my mobile plan.

The new phone was amazing! Fast because of more memory, easier to read due to a brighter screen, and no sudden crashes.

It took me two days before I realized the phone store employee had set up my phone with my web and app activity enabled.

As well as my search history.

Yikes! Continue reading Stay Safe Online: Data Privacy Day Highlights How to Manage Your Privacy

Need to Add General Data Protection Regulation Compliance Info to Your Website?

laptop keyboard with prominent blue GDPR key

With the release of WordPress 4.9.6 late last week, WordPress website owners now have built-in methods to help them comply with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) data privacy law that goes into effect on May 25, 2018.

If you’re not aware, GDPR is a European Union data protection and privacy regulation which gives more control to individuals over their personal data. Continue reading Need to Add General Data Protection Regulation Compliance Info to Your Website?