Archive for the ‘Compliance’ Category

How to Handle Social Media in the Workplace

Raise your hands if you have gone onto Facebook or LinkedIn or sent an instant message to a friend or sent a Tweet while at work. Okay, I think that's pretty much everybody. (You may now put down your hands.) While using social media and instant messaging ... (more...)

Posted by: jennifer on March 5, 2009 in Advice, Compliance, General Business | No Comments »

(Almost) everything you need to know about sales tax, in 1200 words or less

So my editor at Ecommerce-Guide.com asks me to write a piece on ecommerce stuff you can get for just a few bucks, things like ring tones. While other writers may have jumped at the idea of cyber bargain shopping, I declined. Ring tones just don't ring my bell, I guess. ... (more...)

Posted by: jennifer on January 30, 2007 in Advice, Compliance | No Comments »

Protecting customers’ privacy — and what happens if you don’t

Here is a troubling statistic from the Privacy Rights Clearinghouse, a nonprofit consumer information and advocacy organization: Since February 2005, the data records of more than 93 million U.S. residents have been exposed due to security breaches. Although the more well-known breaches — ChoicePoint, Bank of America — were at ... (more...)

Posted by: jennifer on September 28, 2006 in Compliance | No Comments »