Legal & Compliance
The rules behind your marketing email and texts, your website's cookie banner and accessibility, and who owns the work you paid a contractor for. Written for non-lawyers by a non-lawyer.
A sales pitch texted to a California cell phone isn't allowed, even when it's your business line.
You paid for the logo. Without something in writing, the designer still owns the copyright.
Email is opt-out. Texting is opt-in, and the penalties are much larger.
The US rules for marketing email, and the two most small businesses get wrong.
Why they exist, which laws reach a small business, and the one page your site needs either way.
What the ADA means for your website, and the checks you can run yourself this week.
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Every so often I send a short note about something I fixed for a small business, or a tool worth knowing about.