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?

Social Networking for Good: Eventbrite Updates their Merchant Agreement After Backlash

Eventbrite post for May 2018 West Metro Detroit WordPress event

The tweet caught me by surprise last Friday night.

Eventbrite, the popular online platform used by event organizers (including me) to create, promote and sell event tickets, had rights to attend the event I published on their platform.

In addition, Eventbrite could film and copyright my event.

And according to their Merchant Agreement, as the event organizer, I had to pay licenses, permissions, clearances, and cover Eventbrite expenses.

What? Continue reading Social Networking for Good: Eventbrite Updates their Merchant Agreement After Backlash