Hi! I'm Brenda. I am building a calm & modern business and a homeschooling mom of 4 with a passion for reading and hospitality. I'm also wife to an executive chef and reliant on Jesus for grace along the way. Follow our journey with our sometimes daily email where I share life and business insights plus quick SquareSpace web design and Dubsado automation tutorials.
Data Privacy Day - Steps you can take to protect your data (and your website)
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Hi Reader Today is International Data Privacy Day, a day to raise awareness and promote privacy and data protection best practices! This may not be on your list of holidays to celebrate, but it’s a day I take seriously as your web designer and educator and I want to remind you to protect your data and websites! 1. Reset your passwords for common platforms you use 2. Unsubscribe from emails from companies you don't work with 3. Stop clicking 'ask again later' when being asked to set up 2-factor authentication for any websites you log into More laws are going into effect than ever before (five new ones have already gone into effect in 2025) and website owners are expected to keep up with it all. If you missed my email explaining all the new laws you can read it here: New Privacy Policy Laws + End of Year Legal Updates I understand trying to do this yourself is intimidatingly complicated. If you don't have a plan (or attorney) already, I highly recommend considering the tool I use for my own website policies: Termageddon. They’re great because they:
If you’d like to get set up with Termageddon let me know or you can click on the link to check out this service for yourself. Either way, I hope this email helps and happy International Data Privacy Day! Cheers, When you are ready here’s three ways we can help:
Brenda Thorpe *This email may contain affiliate links by which I may receive a small amount of compensation at no extra cost to you. Hopefully you will find them to be a great benefit. We only recommend products and programs we use and love!* |
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Hi! I'm Brenda. I am building a calm & modern business and a homeschooling mom of 4 with a passion for reading and hospitality. I'm also wife to an executive chef and reliant on Jesus for grace along the way. Follow our journey with our sometimes daily email where I share life and business insights plus quick SquareSpace web design and Dubsado automation tutorials.
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