I Never Make Big Misteaks

When I was a Lower Sixth Former (penultimate year of school), I had an enormous pink rubber (by which I mean an eraser) bearing the printed legend, "I Never Make Big Misteaks". The misspelling was intentional; the play on words had more than one level... unlike the products available on E-Bay, which look similar, but the hubris-popper is missing.

One of the most interesting, copyright-related legal blogs of last week was about the top five mistakes made by denizens of the internet, and was penned by Griffen Thorne of Harris Bricken. 

Do check out the about Harris Bricken link, just for the fun of it. They have some very interesting expertise by no means limited to copyright-related matters.

https://harrisbricken.com/blog/top-5-e-commerce-mistakes-and-how-to-avoid-them/

Is e-commerce what we writers do? I think so, in part, at least. I looked it up, so you don't have to do so. 

A quick Google search offers many (similar) explanations, and I choose to point you to Donna Fuscaldo. Keep reading past the blocks of paid advertisements, because her entire article is well worth your time, IMHO, if you are in any doubt whether or not e-commerce is part of what you do.

https://www.businessnewsdaily.com/15858-what-is-e-commerce.html

And, so, to the big mistakes. (I am having a little fun with the so-versatile "so"... not least because some so-so wag claimed emphatically that "so" cannot be a pronoun, but I think he is so wrong!)

Griffen Thorne of Harris Bricken provides a list, all text links. I infer that it is fair use to share those, and I highly recommend that you click on them for his prophylactic advice on avoiding legal woes in connection with operating a website, selling works or stuff, shipping books or prizes, accepting --or not accepting-- returns, or running promotions that involve collecting contestants' --and newsletter-readers'-- contact information, or having trackers and cookies.

1. #1 No privacy policy, or a bad privacy policy
2. #2 Bad e-commerce terms
3. #3 No cyber liability coverage
4. #4 Advertising mishaps
5. #5 ADA and TCPA

Part of Griffen Thorne's practice is to review websites and catch the legal pratfalls that webmasters and webmistresses often overlook.

 

By the way, (my aside) book lovers sites, such as Fresh Fiction and Book Crossing have been breached and email addresses and passwords are on the dark web. If you ever used those sites, you ought to log back in and change your password. If you have an automated mailing list run from your website, you might check on your own security from time to time.

All the best,

Rowena Cherry 

SPACE SNARK™ 

http://www.spacesnark.com/

http://www.rowenacherry.com

EPIC Award winner, Friend of ePublishing for Crazy Tuesday