Website Building Revisited: 5 Legal Concepts You Need To Know

On the blog a couple of weeks ago, we talked about the essential concepts you need to know to get your business website up and running.  That post focused on making your website as marketable as possible in the shortest amount of time possible. 

In this follow-up post, we leave the world of marketing and talk about legal compliance. You can have the most marketing and sales-savvy website in the world, but if it does not comply with the law — Houston, you have a problem.  So here’s what you need to know about websites and the law.

The FTC - Website Regulators 

In the United States, the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is the primary federal regulatory agency in charge when it comes to websites.  The agency’s mission is to protect consumers and promote competition. Therefore, the FTC guides businesses in maintaining compliance with applicable laws and regulations.  

The bottom line here is that when you are developing your website, it’s the FTC you are trying to please. Thankfully, the FTC ha…