I stopped making stops at CMP a few years ago. It wasn't worth the time and gas.All their shit got too high anyway
They used to be reasonably priced but now their prices are higher than those 2 fat guys with the nickle plated Colts at the gun show who have them in a glass case with no prices because if you have to ask, you can't afford it
My bet is it is a scam.
Y'all have *NO* idea how much compliance is required for a website or email campaign nowadays! The Internet has already become a regulatory nightmare, with penalties and fines that can easily run into 7-figures.
Eli
Agreed - how does that get fixed? What does it look like? Would it be that the only laws that apply are the ones of the home state + feds? Or would it be any state the company has a physical presence in + the feds? Only federal laws? Something else?
Depends. For CCPA, it applies to any business that has users or customers in CA and meets one the three criteria below:
* annual gross revenues of $25 million;
* annually buy, sell, receive, or share for commercial purposes the personal information of 50,000 or more consumers, households, or devices; or
* derive 50 percent or more of its annual revenues from selling consumers’ personal information
If you meet one of the three AND have one CA user or customer, then you must comply with the requirements for that one customer.
If you want to learn more, here’s a place to start.
What Businesses Need to Know About the California Consumer Privacy Act
With the new California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) taking effect July 2020, businesses must consider what they can do now to prepare for the coming wave of data privacy regulation in California and throughout the U.S.www.americanbar.org
This is very true. Double opt in requirements alone have significantly slowed down our marketing efforts. And we are far from a shotgun approach to the market.Y'all have *NO* idea how much compliance is required for a website or email campaign nowadays! The Internet has already become a regulatory nightmare, with penalties and fines that can easily run into 7-figures.
Eli
Some of that is the price of doing business interstate or internationally. Fortunately or otherwise, the internet erases borders; does that mean you should have your rights erased? Personally, if I was starting an internet business today, I would stop and walk away. Whether it’s collecting taxes for another state, racing to zero on prices for drop shipped product I don’t control quality of, or having to put up with things like CCPA and/or GDPR as the cost of entry, it’s just not worth it to me. Just like small biz fed contracts; looks tempting, but the regulatory burden is not something I would take on, especially for an expected 4-7% profit. You’ve got to get to scale to survive on that kind of margin and that’s counter to everything a small business is.…That's why I asked what the fix ultimately looks like, because unless things change, we'll just see more and more regulation pop up as technology changes and progresses and new services crop up. The law is always so slow to adapt, but when they do they seem to go for big swings.
ignore their bullshit and go about your businesshow does that get fixed?
ignore their bullshit and go about your business
CivWar 2.0 should have started right there. They need to stay in their own damn state.pastor in Indiana ... raided by a California sheriff
CivWar 2.0 should have started right there. They need to stay in their own damn state.
When I updated my profile and email preferences on the CMP site, just last night, it did not ask for my DOB nor my residence address and I received an email from the CMP today acknowledging my updates. It seems odd, that if they actually have sent out an email to some subscribers that says they require that California's rules apply to all CMP email subscribers, they did not require my address nor my date of birth as per those rules.Your bet would be wrong.
…If you'd like to see what they require as far as email subscribers' info goes, you can go to visitor.r20.constantcontact.com/d.jsp?llr=hdcyvofab&p=oi&m=1105372907623&sit=d6vk965fb&f=2952bb50-c9f2-4890-a5e3-632cea645928
I did see the content. It still looked bogus even though it is legit. According to CMP they now need state of residence. Funny they did not send this to at least halfva dozen folkscIbchecked with nor did I receive it.If you’d have followed this thread from the beginning, you would have known all that already.
The original email was not a hoax or scam. The followup from CMP clarified it was a mistake to be sent as they don’t require that information. Images of the content of both emails are up thread.
Had you received the original email and clicked the link, you would’ve been taken to the same constantcontact page you linked. It was truly a case of somebody made a mistake and was easily verified as an authentic CMP email with a quick glance at the header information.
Got an email this morning that CMP will stop sending me emails unless I comply with the requirements of a Califuckistani law.
It was good while it lasted.
Probably, but a lot of companies try to front run regulations so they don't have a hard transition period or get fined. Works out great for the politicians as it's then corporate policy and they didn't actually have to be responsible for it.I thought that law in California was put on hold thanks to a lawsuit?